| PAKISTANI | Paint I ask about to the one from Lahore (9) |
| REQUESTSTOPS | Asks, about to obstruct places where buses pick up passengers (7,5) |
| APARTMENT | Flat is suitable to house those who paint, I guess (9) |
| NASIK | Name I ask about is relating to a Mumbai square |
| KIDNEYDISEASE | Yes indeed, I ask about diagnosis (6,7) |
| SAKI | I ask about drink (4) |
| PLIANT | When left to paint, I become really flexible |
| DEDICATED | The Mamas and the Papas hit, ___ to the One I Love |
| DEFENDERS | Ed returns to the ones by the fire leaving the others to protect us (9) |
| SHIRELLES | "Dedicated to the One I Love" '60s girl group |
| ADULTERER | Alert rude characters to the one playing around (9) |
| BRANDRETH | Gyles _, former politician who is a contributor to The One Show (9) |
| ISOGAMETE | Reproductive cell similar to the one it combines with |
| UNPLANNED | "I ask myself, again and again: was there an alternative to the indiscriminate, brutal, basically ____ rush forward of the Five-Year Plan?" (Eric Hobsbawm) |
| FISHCAKES | I ask chefs to cook these (4,5) |
| LIKEASHOT | I ask hotel for special arrangement without hesitation (4,1,4) |
| LOVEDUETS | 'Phantom's 'All I Ask of You' et al. |
| PROP | Meander away from name-dropper - the one from the abbey (4) |
| NEO | The One from The Matrix franchise |
| NONE | There's nothing for the one from the North (4) |
