| LICENSOR | One who permits suckers to get rinsed, essentially, by old rector |
| ORC | Old rector caught a sea-monster (3) |
| OCTOPI | Ones taking advantage of suckers to get by |
| STAMPCOLLECTOR | Type to lead prayer, old rector's ending as one with many bits of paper |
| SERBOCROAT | Batty old rector's interminable bad language |
| OXEYE | Foxes essentially by yard close to one plant (5) |
| AIRINTAKES | Big suckers to ask for inertia to be shaken up (3,7) |
| SUGARPEA | Vegetable put, essentially, by one of Irving's characters, in salt water |
| EAGLE | A bird preys essentially by cutting one quick! (5) |
| MANIFESTO | Announcement by man 8: wife on losing weight before Easter essentially by order (9) |
| APHIDS | Suckers to put Greek letter into promotions (6) |
| TROUSSEAU | Collection of paintings essentially by a French artist (9) |
| MEANT | A new mistake, essentially, by Gussalufz, is expected (5) |
| CRUMB | Fulcrum balanced essentially by tiny morsel (5) |
| REHOUSE | Accommodate again crew essentially by hotel on river (7) |
| HURRIED | Henry has fury essentially by ride arranged and done in a rush? (7) |
| DININGROOM | Noise fine essentially by coach in place for meals? (6,4) |
| LAMPREY | Innocent type almost a victim, a sucker to some (7) |
| TUTELAGE | For teaching some sucker to glue it together (8) |
| BUBBLEGUM | Unreliable scheme sets up sucker to be chewed over, inflated and burst (6,3) |
