| SEXIEST | No prison for expressionist for being the most attractive (7) |
| OPENBAR | No prison hindrance where free spirits are found (4,3) |
| ACTIVITY | Unusually, Vatican City needing no prison industry (8) |
| UGLIFRUIT | Sounds like it's not the most attractive banana with Jamaican hybrid (4,5) |
| SCRUB | Not the most attractive of vegetation, but it's clean (5) |
| ABIRDINTHEHAND | Bandit had her in ground as a secure option if not the most attractive (1,4,2,3,4) |
| MAHMOUD | Iraqi striker known for being the youngest player ever to play for Iraq's national team and the team's captain for ten consecutive years. He retired in 2016 as a member of Iraq's Premier League club A |
| CRUDEST | Custer is upset about the daughter being the most vulgar (7) |
| BLASTED | Severely criticised for being the biggest night owl, figuratively (7) |
| LOOSEST | For being the slackest, toss Leo out (7) |
| RASHEST | Being the most reckless, has upset all the others around |
| KEENEST | Art crying out, being the most enthusiastic (7) |
| MEEKEST | ... being the most tame male yikes, get set about! (7) |
| LOUDEST | Solitude? Discover one's missing being the most vocal (7) |
| POKIEST | It spoke about being the most confined (7) |
| DULLEST | Unbridled lust led to being the most boring (7) |
| REDDEST | Support eastern theologian in being the most revolutionary (7) |
| PLACEBO | Northwich-born musician Steve Hewitt is best known for being the drummer with this band, who scored Top Ten albums with Without You I'm Nothing and Black Market Music (7) |
| ROSWELL | US city known for being the site of a supposed UFO crash-landing in 1947 (7) |
| UGLIEST | Doug lies to hide being the most unsightly |
