| ELDRITCH | Not at first considered well-off, they say - weird |
| ACQUIREDTASTE | Liking for something at first considered unpleasant (8,5) |
| CADETS | Military trainees at first considered bad dates (6) |
| HYDRATED | Hospital yard considered well supplied with water (8) |
| SUPPOSED | Considered well upset seeing drunk outside (8) |
| UTTERED | Having stuttered, the little saint left and it was considered well spoken (7) |
| DOSED | Gave the doctor's medicine and nodded off, they say (5) |
| SHOE | Clear off, they say, or get the boot! |
| SOTHESTORYGOES | Those oysters go off, they say (2,3,5,4) |
| EXPUNGE | Wipe off (they say) from former leech (7) |
| SPRINTERS | Second they run off, they go fast (9) |
| ETCHERS | First off, they bring people who make engravings (7) |
| THOUGHTLESS | Leslie South first considered rash |
| TAYLOR | US President when OM Wozen craft first considered irrigating the IV (1849) |
| METALLIC | Bumped into everybody I first considered shiny (8) |
| CASHIERS | Search is off - they have the money! (8) |
| OBOES | Tramps heading off -- they make a musical sound (5) |
| BANANAS | After peeling off, they might give you slippers! |
| SPACESHUTTLES | Telecasts push off they took from Skylab (5,8) |
| ADMEN | Crazy people head off - they appeal to the masses (5) |
