| SATINY | Perhaps like 18's attractiveness and like 12? (6) |
| JUMHOURIYA | Short hike greeting nurses of ancient city state like 12? |
| ISOLATED | One so late, heading for date, like 12? (8) |
| ONEHIT | Like 12 complete games thrown by Nolan Ryan |
| SIMONY | Buying spiritual benefits, perhaps, like Saint Peter originally? (6) |
| FABLED | Perhaps like Sinbad, sailor put inside escaped (6) |
| RUSTIC | Is curt, perhaps, like a countryman (6) |
| TITLED | Perhaps like Red Baron, flier showed the way (6) |
| MISERY | Perhaps like an ungenerous person's suffering (6) |
| OAFISH | Middle of road, perch, perhaps, like a lout (6) |
| LOWCUT | Boor accepts gents perhaps like revealing garments |
| PRELAW | Like some students at this university (and like the letters you need) |
| ASPIRE | Have ambition and, like before, I enter (6) |
| PREFER | Quietly allude to and like better (6) |
| KIGALI | Kind gays and like provide 50% of capital (6) |
| GOTHIC | Become endlessly stupid, and like horror stories (6) |
| EDIBLE | Stay over with the French and like their food (6) |
| TIARAS | Note a queen and like headwear (6) |
| FABRIC | "And, like the baseless ____ of this vision / The cloud-capped towers ..." (The Tempest) |
| LIMITS | My sweetheart, a registered nurse from Ilminster, is rather wild and likes to push the boundaries (6) |