| CARPETED | Perhaps setter with short name such as Rover, initially reprimanded (8) |
| JEDBURGH | Scottish town's criminal initially reprimanded by "hanging" judge |
| SIERRA | Range Rover, initially following Queen as one shot bears (6) |
| IRATE | Being disquieted, perhaps, setter might become angry |
| IRREGULAR | Unconventional Irish rover initially holding up a gun (9) |
| DOGMA | Perhaps setter before noon reverses belief |
| MODIFY | Bringing up a setter, perhaps, setter's about to change (6) |
| KERRYBLUE | Perhaps setter's alternative is to conceal clue with spoonerism |
| WAG | O happy day: Shake your tail, as Rover might |
| AGENTNOUN | Perhaps setter's gonna tune out (5,4) |
| LEASHED | Checked, as Rover |
| NEUTERS | Fixes, as Rover |
| BROWN | Blackburn Rovers initially have 4 points on the table? |
| AUGUSTAN | A superior blast associated with a name such as Pope or Swift (8) |
| VARIETAL | Wine using its principal grape's name, such as merlot (8) |
| TAUTONYM | Binomial name, such as Martes martes, Puffinus puffinus, Rattus rattus or Vulpes vulpes, in which generic and specific epithets are the same (8) |
| BINOMIAL | In Linnaean nomenclature, a word for a two-part taxonomic Latin name, such as Erithacus rubecula (8) |
| MEDICINE | Mediterranean setter with nice new vocation? (8) |
| MELANOMA | Black spot for setter with number kept by religious leader (8) |
| INDOCILE | Refractory setter with document in river (8) |
