| MILITARY | Perhaps, armed forces immorality... operating in absence of Medical Officer (8) |
| DELAMARE | Poet Walter, perhaps armed with ale (2,2,4) |
| MOLOTOV | Group of medical officers with nothing against Russian statesman |
| LOCUM | A place-man in the absence of medical man (5) |
| CODON | Absence of medical man upset genetic unit |
| INTERNET | In absence of final word of prayer, entertainment arranged shows worldwide means of communication (8) |
| CONSTANT | Uninterrupted repair of cantonments in absence of soldiers (8) |
| POWDERED | Prisoner of war ordered, in absence of other ranks, to ground (8) |
| ANAEROBE | Type of micro-organism that lives in absence of free oxygen (8) |
| NOTARIAL | Judicial powers exercised in absence of any Omani money (8) |
| MONETARY | Financial commentary composed in absence of Chief Minister (8) |
| UNSTABLE | Rocky turntables wobble in absence of right thickness, for starters (8) |
| GAZPACHO | In absence of sweetheart, gaze at a chop being minced for soup (8) |
| ESSENCES | Extracts necessaries manufactured in absence of air (8) |
| MENTIONS | Wrongly nominates in absence of American names (8) |
| AGREEING | A salutation, in absence of model, conveying assent (8) |
| ARRIVING | Driving in absence of medico, following a Rolls Royce and coming (8) |
| DOCILITY | Perform with 40 in absence of six being easily led |
| EMISSARY | English teacher cautious in absence of head delegate |
| ONESIDED | Biased and badly considered, in absence of credit (3-5) |
