| FOLLIES | Oil, not iodine, inserted in wings, which are merely ornamental (7) |
| ASCENDANCY | Can cyanide (not iodine) mixed with sulphur produce the dominating influence? |
| DECORATIVE | Do creative characters turn out to be merely ornamental? |
| FOLLY | Useless, merely ornamental, building (5) |
| LINDA | Forename of the keyboardist in the band Wings, which also featured her husband Paul (5) |
| SPHINX | In Greek mythology, a monster with a woman's head, lion's body and eagle's wings which lay outside Thebes (6) |
| COMMA | Butterfly with ragged-edged wings, which look like dead leaves (5) |
| TORSION | Cast is not gathering in wings for Oliver Twist (7) |
| LINSEED | Source of oil not initially blended with diesel (7) |
| WELLOFF | Rich source of oil not available (4,3) |
| VERANDA | Ground-floor extension in wings of venerable golf club |
| PAROLEE | Person no longer inside a part in wings of Palace |
| AILERON | Repair one rail in wing's hinged end (7) |
| EXTREME | Great old band in wings of theatre |
| WADDING | Add in wing edges for the padding (7) |
| IAMB | Primarily, inches are merely bits in a foot |
| ANOINT | Apply oil, not in a puree (6) |
| OLIO | Olive oil, not vile in a mixed dish! (4) |
| OLAY | Test painter in oil, not writer (4) |
| THEORIES | Without saint, the stories are merely scientific ideas (8) |
