| POKERFACED | Needing jab, fellow went quickly about it, appearing calm |
| JOURNALIST | Write quickly about vessel with furled sail? I may if it's topical |
| HOOSHING | High, so no mucking about or moving quickly about (8) |
| RISQUE | Monarch is quite losing it, appearing almost rude |
| VATICANCITY | The holy see it appearing both ways in job opportunity (7,4) |
| EUREKA | I've found it appearing in ancient times (6) |
| PATIO | Deck held in casino, it appearing to the left |
| CHALKPIT | Quarry: fellow went to it across lake, oddly |
| DATED | It's no longer fashionable, the way fellow went out with girl (5) |
| INAFLASH | Fellow went through Sinhala novel quickly (2,1,5) |
| FAMILY | Move quickly about foreign pal's kinsfolk |
| SKIRMISH | Read quickly about Romeo and his broken engagement (8) |
| CURRYING | Moving quickly about, lacking first of spices for making exotic dish |
| FORECAST | Predict quickly about core melting (8) |
| BOLT | Write quickly about large surprise (4) |
| SCANSION | Continues reading quickly about current rhythm (8) |
| JOLT | Write quickly about large surprise |
| SKIBUM | Read quickly about boy at university, devotee of a winter sport (3,3) |
| SCUD | Move quickly about in south of France |
| SIKKIM | Read quickly about regularly risky state in northeastern india (6) |
