| HELLHOLE | Presumably, they have a fire drill down there and of course it's an eyesore (8) |
| CETACEA | Presumably, they have a whale of a time with accountant hiding alien expert (7) |
| YES | Of course it's an ingredient of eyeshadow (3) |
| SUMMERSCHOOL | Season fish? Of course, it's an education for June! (6,6) |
| ACORE | Take ___ sample (drill down into) |
| BORE | Drill down (4) |
| LIONCUBS | Dressing up for function at foundation with junior reporters - presumably they have their pride (4,4) |
| EVERYMAN | The common fellow may be very mean (and, of course, for himself) (8) |
| GUNLOBBY | They advocate fire drill perhaps with middle-age peacekeeper in hotel (3,5) |
| ANDERSON | "As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might." On January 7, 1955, she became the first African Americ |
| SUBSIDES | Sid takes buses and goes down there (8) |
| EGGSHELL | Food wrapper? Mine's down there! (8) |
| FURBELOW | Trimming hair down there? (8) |
| VAJAZZLE | Noted art form piercing low area - add sparkle down there? |
| MEALTIMES | Lunch at noon and dinner at 5pm and, of course, it's against the clock! (9) |
| CHEESEDIP | Word from poser taking swim and, of course, it's a saucy one (6,3) |
| OXFORD | Cattle crossing turned city famed for dictionaries, dreaming spires, shirts, shoes and, of course, its university (6) |
| NEAREST | Like the exit one should leave through in a fire drill |
| ERNEST | Forename of a Punch artist who brought to life Pooh, Toad of Toad Hall and of course his daughter Mary, the illustrator of P L Travers's magical nanny Mary Poppins with the super-califragilisticexpial |
| ORDERLYEXIT | A fire drill prepares for it |
