| MASQUERADE | Old-fashioned ball, dear, is revolting disguise (10) |
| DRESSUP | Coercion, you, say, escaped from with revolting disguise |
| THEORISING | Giving thought to the idea The Ring is revolting (10) |
| RHODESIA | Old African state? Oh dear, is in a state! |
| THYMY | Your old dear is like Herb |
| CHERISH | Translated from French, dear: 'Is hard to love' |
| TIPPET | The top, dear, is under the fur (6) |
| RAIDERS | "Marauders," dear, is misspelt, with one R (7) |
| READER | The note, dear, is upsetting to the note's recipient (6) |
| PARODIES | O dear, is p the proper letter to start such satires? (8) |
| MUMMY | 'Quiet, dear' is an example of preservation (5) |
| RAISED | Alternative, dear, is brought up (6) |
| TRADE | Traffic at the West End, dear, is awful (5) |
| CEDAR | The key, dear, is lost in the wood (5) |
| CHARADES | Game, dears, is arranged after tea (8) |
| RISESUP | P.R. issue is revolting |
| UPSTATE | Albany, to New Yorkers, is revolting, say! (7) |
| SIDELINED | Nothing in act is revolting and degraded |
| INSIPID | With it, sauce is revolting and dry |
| TOPOGRAPHER | A proper Goth is revolting - he ought to know his place |