| AQUAPLANE | Powerless board as described by a quirky panel |
| PLATOONS | Soldiers as described by a Greek philosopher and his son (8) |
| LASTGASP | Undertaken as a final recourse? Most unlikely, as described by GP (4-4) |
| PEDANT | Stickler of a newspaper employee, as described by puff (6) |
| BEDE | Adam, as described by George, is a venerable fellow |
| SARGASSO | 5 as described by 1 in a prequel to Jane Eyre (4,8) |
| WIDE | 5 as described by 1 in a prequel to Jane Eyre (4,8) |
| BARTONMITZVAH | Nurse Clara's act of kindness, as described by an Israeli? |
| NEPOTISM | Corruption as described by Pushkin? (8) |
| DOORWAY | Opening 24 hours of hostilities as described by Oxford historian? |
| SHIPSTHATPASSINTHENIGHT | Brief encounters, as described by Longfellow |
| DANE | Hamlet -- as described by 12 -- having some verbena dotted around? (4) |
| SIGMA | The end of Athens, as described by Homer? (5) |
| SANDBOX | Play area forbade footwear as described by Rev. Spooner (7) |
| DESRES | One leaving wants house as described by estate agent? (3,3) |
| POETICLICENCE | Freedom as described by Keats, say |
| MOUSEY | Meek as described by anonymous eyewitnesses (6) |
| IDEAL | Dream job as described by croupier? (5) |
| AXISOFEVIL | Iraq, Iran and North Korea made up this threat to the world, as described by US president George W B |
| BROCODE | Male etiquette, as described by Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother" |
