| APLACEINTHESUN | Plain chanteuse struggled to get a very comfortable position (1,5,2,3,3) |
| TRESPASS | Go where one shouldn't to get a very French exam success (8) |
| BEDOFROSES | Sounds like a prickly situation but is a very comfortable one (3,2,5) |
| SPLUTTERED | Struggled to get words out when rushed to grasp line, say (10) |
| ICEAGE | I, a person of great wisdom (so it is said) get a very long cold - years and years of it (3,3) |
| OLDLATIN | Getting on with the French, can get a very early form of a written tongue (3-5) |
| ONTIPTOE | Top note I struggled to get, stretching high (2,6) |
| AGONISED | Struggled to get out of San Diego |
| STROVE | Struggled to get over the street somehow (6) |
| BREATHE | The bear struggled to get air (7) |
| RIPOSTE | Priest struggled to get round counter (7) |
| SCRAMBLED | Struggled to get some eggs (9) |
| BATTLED | We struggled to get TD on the table (7) |
| OUGHT | Should have struggled to get the top off (5) |
| CHAFF | After church, get a very loud teasing (5) |
| FROSTEDGLASS | Through which one would get a very cold look? (7,5) |
| HOTEL | Where guests get a very warm bit of welcome |
| CAPITALIST | Did he get a very good first in economics? (10) |
| SOUPCON | Get a very small French amount by using the coupons (7) |
| SHEER | When second-hand, always get a very thin fabric (5) |
