| CARPETBAGGER | Politician with no local connections to Persian, for instance, gets the sack - it's a bit of a bug? (12) |
| CATNIP | Persian, for instance, shot and found in the garden (6) |
| DISAPPOINTED | Upset as given the sack, it's implied? (12) |
| ELYTRON | See temperature with man getting a bit of a bug? |
| HIGHLIGHT | A star, for instance, gets the best part (9) |
| TECHIE | One who might use a mouse to get rid of a bug? |
| TINYGLITCH | Bit of a bug |
| RELICS | Republics with no local souvenirs (6) |
| EXPRESS | Fast train or bus with no local stops (7) |
| RELIC | Republic with no local souvenir (5) |
| SANTA | Man with sack - it's filled by driver, perhaps |
| OWNING | Confessing Cambridge college should sack its head (6) |
| AILMENT | Tummy upset, for instance, gets bit of food churning over inside |
| CRIMINAL | One of the Mafia, for instance, gets credit from one Milan bully (8) |
| TEMPO | The heartless politician with no time for music |
| THEORY | The politician with no head for abstract reasoning |
| DOMESTICFLIGHTS | Trouble at home with function of lamps with local connections (8,7) |
| NEHEMIAH | Book of the Bible named after a cupbearer to Persian king Artaxerxes (8) |
| DISCARDS | For instance, gets rid of diamond, being heartless? (8) |
| SCOTCHEGGS | Whiskey, for instance, gets emptied for pub snacks (6,4) |
