| RENTER | One making regular payments, torn, I hesitate to say |
| DAY | One making regular entries in diary? (3) |
| HIREPURCHASE | Method of buying goods by making regular payments over time (4,8) |
| ROOMRENT | Tenant's payment torn more roughly (4,4) |
| RENT | Monthly payment torn (4) |
| RAIMENT | Clothing, torn, I am inside mending (7) |
| SPACESHUTTLE | Discovery, say, of room service making regular trips (5,7) |
| EASY | It's no trouble making regular use of metal, say (4) |
| GLEAM | Making regular appearances, golfer aims to shine |
| UGLY | Unfair making regular visits to Burghley (4) |
| TRESPASSER | Very French? I don't know - I hesitate to say one's doing wrong (10) |
| DYER | One changing colour extremely dirty I hesitate to say |
| OPIUM | Operation where one's put under, I hesitate to say, getting drug |
| PLUTONIUM | Quiet town, one I hesitate to say that's dangerously unstable |
| CHARMER | One with winning ways, church member I hesitate to say |
| YUM | Variable? I hesitate to say, I like it! |
| SHOULDER | Bear ought to, I hesitate to say (8) |
| ERMINE | Fur, I hesitate to say, belongs to me (6) |
| SECONDER | Short time, I hesitate to say, for one providing support |
| BUNKER | see 5ac, Where leader passed ? capital place to sleep, I hesitate to say |
