| DARKER | Not as light when daughter and dissolute rake initially report |
| SUITORS | Old rakes initially wearing smart clothes: they're after wives (7) |
| STALEMATE | Draw in game, some initially report, before tea |
| RELY | Initially report even local youths have confidence (4) |
| DIMMERSWITCH | Turn it down and it's not as light (6,6) |
| FIRSTDAY | When someone initially reports to a new job: 2 wds. |
| HEAVIER | Not as light |
| DONALDSINDEN | Dennis old and dissolute, starred in Two's Company and Never the Twain (6,6) |
| TERPSICHORE | Dance mistress and dissolute priest on the job (11) |
| RAKISH | Wild and dissolute shark I disposed of |
| THEGREATBEYOND | Life yet to come together, and dissolute, Turkish governor claimed |
| ROGUE | Scoundrel and dissolute character grabs thousands (5) |
| WASTER | Was a bit of a terror, and dissolute (6) |
| LIBERTINE | Debauched and dissolute tribe entering queue (9) |
| IMAGEMAKER | Spin doctor puts 'Morph's a beauty' before 'dissolute rake' (5-5) |
| KEIRAKNIGHTLEY | Actress, one embraced by dissolute rake, chivalrous in conversation (5,9) |
| BREAKOUT | Escape with a dissolute rake during a fight (5,3) |
| HEARKEN | Dissolute rake, donning layer, is to pay heed |
| KARENINA | Anna, girl in a novel attachment with a dissolute rake (8) |
| FREAKISHNESS | Dissolute rake seized by school head — odd character! |
