| GOCOMMANDO | Not wear boxers, say (In this clue's answer, note letters 5, 7 & 9) |
| CAVEMANDIET | Back-to-basics food regimen (... letters 5-7 and 10-11) |
| DOGSBREAKFAST | Meal provided for boxer, say, in mess |
| GRETAGERWIG | *Director of "Barbie" and "Lady Bird" (In this clue's answer, note letters 5-7) |
| STUMPSPEECHES | Candidates' addresses (In this clue's answer, note letters 5-7) |
| BEACHHOUSE | Malibu rental (In this answer, note letters 5-7) |
| FORTHEMOSTPART | *"... generally speaking, that's true" (In this clue's answer, note letters 5-6 and 12-14) |
| HOTASHADES | Absolutely sweltering (In this clue's answer, note letters 5-10) |
| FLAPJACKS | Wing motions? (In this clue's answer, note letters 5-8) |
| ODD | 3, 5, 7 & 9 are all this kind of number (they are not even) (3) |
| GROUPRIDES | Social activities for cyclists (In this answer, note letters 5-9) |
| PLANTOILS | Sources of biodiesel (In this answer, note letters 5-8) |
| POLITICALSPEECH | Something delivered at a campaign rally (In this answer, note letters 5-11) |
| HUSHMONEY | The cost of quiet, say (In this answer, note letters 1 and 6-9) |
| TANKA | Japanese poem of 31 syllables in lines of 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7; literally, 'short verse' (5) |
| ODDS | 3, 5, 7 and 9, informally |
| PORKBARREL | *Political spending on pet projects (note letters 5 to 7 in this answer) |
| PLAYBYEAR | Perform music without reading it (In this answer, note letter 5) |
| CUTCORNERS | Pinch pennies, say (In this answer, note letters 2-5) |
| PETERFRAMPTON | *"Show Me the Way" rocker (In this clue's answer, note letters 1-2 + 13 along with letters 7-9) |
