| ONBAIL | Oil ban, sadly is out pending trial |
| ALBION | Great Britain ordered oil ban (6) |
| DISLOYAL | Spilt oil sadly is treacherous |
| ONREMAND | One man, claiming right by detective, is in custody pending trial (2,6) |
| REMANDED | Placed a defendant on bail or in custody pending trial (8) |
| REMAND | On ___, in custody pending trial (6) |
| ADONIS | Vacuous airhead sadly is no beauty (6) |
| ADHOMINEM | Personal advantage in home, sadly, is with male (2,7) |
| ARCHAISM | Charisma, sadly, is a thing of the past (8) |
| INSIPIENT | At home, sadly is inept and foolish (9) |
| JEREMIAH | One in jam here sadly is a doleful character (8) |
| WORST | Western sort sadly is the least favourable (5) |
| BESPATTERED | Bet dear step sadly is splashed with drops (11) |
| ABSTEMIOUS | One beset by most abuse sadly is self-denying (10) |
| INTHE | A person I have forgotten sadly is close to death |
| INTHERAW | Hear twin sadly is lacking in cultivation? (2,3,3) |
| GRAVE | A person I have forgotten sadly is close to death |
| ONEFOOT | A person I have forgotten sadly is close to death |
| DANCE | Getting caned, sadly, is routine (5) |
| NOHOPER | The poor hen sadly is one with little prospect (2-5) |