| HOLYGHOST | No longer in charge, ichthyologist gets drunk -losing it; that's the spirit! (4,5) |
| BRANDY | Bishop clearly up for it - that's the spirit! (6) |
| ANDREGIDE | French writer with extreme lese-majeste no longer in charge (5,4) |
| ELEMENTAL | Lee disturbed? It's all in the mind - or in the spirit! (9) |
| LIFEFORCE | Prison term for going to church? That's the spirit! (4,5) |
| SNAREDRUM | Some of the band caught the spirit! (5,4) |
| TERRIFIC | In a fury, fire critic, no longer in charge? Wonderful! |
| ELAND | Animal no longer in charge of the N. Atlantic country (5) |
| SAM | No longer in charge of backing music for the final score (3) |
| AHMED | Perhaps Muslim word for laryngologist: doctor that's no longer in charge |
| OFFER | Volunteer to replace a policeman, no longer in charge (5) |
| PETERPAN | Crude apprentice, no longer in charge: He'll never grow up! |
| OBVIOUS | Old boy, cruel, no longer in charge? That's evident (7) |
| TITAN | Crew of sunken vessel no longer in charge of a satellite (5) |
| VARY | Differ with vicar no longer in charge close to deanery (4) |
| EXOTIC | Foreign partner no longer in charge of binding books (6) |
| MEXICO | Country doctor covering no longer in charge |
| BIAFRAN | African bishop-one African no longer in charge (7) |
| TOP | Leading subject no longer in charge (3) |
| MUSIC | Take the lid off the capsicum then cook it: that's the score (5) |
