| PARTYPOOPER | Portray pope, possibly, as a killjoy (5-6) |
| DAMPENER | Lady right to describe writer as a killjoy |
| LEONINE | Eleventh-century Pope possibly having a long mane of hair? (7) |
| ELASTICATED | Given a stretcher, possibly as let cat die (11) |
| COMPETITORS | Totemic pros possibly as entrants in a field? (11) |
| CASTE | See a set, possibly as a social group (5) |
| GROUCH | King George with a cry of pain becomes a killjoy (6) |
| PRUDE | Was a priest impolite? No, but he was a killjoy (5) |
| BEARHUG | A powerful embrace, possibly as a wrestling hold |
| TYPED | Classified, possibly, as a non-U deputy? (5) |
| INSULATINGTAPE | Putting in a seal possibly as a safety measure in equipment (10,4) |
| POPE | Innocent, possibly, as a satirist (4) |
| RACONTEUR | English actor run possibly as a storyteller (9) |
| THEOSOPHY | Phooey! This I rejected, possibly, as a religious system |
| SILICONE | Oil's nice possibly as a sort of lubricant (8) |
| FIBROUS | Possibly, as a root system lies around our ground (7) |
| REPUTABLE | Esteemed, possibly as a true pleb (9) |
| NUMERAL | Hesitation to enter 20, possibly, as a figure |
| AMAATAAIDOO | Author of "Our Sister Killjoy" and "Changes: a Love Story" |
| BAH | Word from a killjoy |
