| DIPLODOCUS | Old copper goes after two policemen start to suspect one hasn't been seen in ages |
| ASSASSIN | Hired gun hot to go after two idiots (8) |
| MUNCHIES | Opponents go after two Greek characters eating new snack food (8) |
| TORTOISE | Tories to suspect one not sticking neck out? (8) |
| COPPICE | Two policemen arresting one close to dense thicket (7) |
| BACKNUMBER | Has-been seen in old issue of paper? (4,6) |
| MARTIN | __ Fowler, husband of Sonia who hasn't been seen for some time in EastEnders (6) |
| REDCAP | A type of goldfinch with a brightly-coloured face, it is a winter resident of Mallorca and can often been seen in the Sierra de Tramuntana area (3-3) |
| TOPNOTCH | Completely vacant, two policemen outwit cleverish superior (3-5) |
| AFIRST | It hasn't been seen before |
| CIRCUS | Starts to corner in reverse, copper goes to second round junction (6) |
| SYNCRETISM | Getting together in faith, start to suspect mercy isn't free |
| STALKINGHORSE | Start to suspect Mr Ed, say, is unrealistic candidate in election |
| STATISTIC | Starts to suspect thief is hiding in loft, in fact (9) |
| WILSONIAN | Son-in-law and I suspect one supported old US president (9) |
| WOLFCUB | Noisy copper goes in to blow-up a young member of the pack (4,3) |
| COURTOFAPPEAL | One hasn't been satisfied to take a case here (5,2,6) |
| SIDES | Teams start to suspect a bad day in Rome (5) |
| WEDNESDAYADDAMS | With super-busy 9-5 poster dispatch being held back, we start to suspect weird kid (9,6) |
| STOPGAP | Start to suspect blouse, perhaps, with hole is temporary replacement (7) |
