| ROCKSALT | Not perhaps in your cellar, but could be in mine |
| VISIONARY | Sees through everything perhaps in your dreams (9) |
| ECRU | Linen, if it's not bleached, can be put back in your cellar (4) |
| DOUR | Saturnine, but could be in a mood ourselves (4) |
| JETTISON | "Abandon plane!" is not, perhaps, necessary (8) |
| CRITICAL | Not perhaps digging someone’s grave |
| HAWAIIAN | He is not from Waihi, Ana, but could be (8) |
| COLLARED | Real cold, perhaps, but could be wearing neckwear (8) |
| NECKLACE | Electric blanket's not brittle, but could be an ornament (8) |
| BACHELOR | He's not tied but could be choral (8) |
| PORTABLE | Can be carried, but could be on patrol (8) |
| FEARSOME | It's frightful, but could be made more safe |
| CELIBATE | He's chaste but could be excitable, given kiss (8) |
| OLEANDER | Cheer and the queen - but could be poisonous (8) |
| MARGINAL | Negligible, but could be seen as alarming (8) |
| BLISTERS | It is best to go left and right - but could be painful (8) |
| HANDICAP | Headwear close by, we hear, but could be a disadvantage (8) |
| LABOURED | Heavy, but could be loud and bare (8) |
| ONESIDED | Biased but could be wholly right (3-5) |
| SIMPLEST | Easiest but could be misspelt (8) |
