| SAOTOME | Primarily, somewhere African, occupying the ocean, manifestly equatorial! (3,4) |
| SYDNEY | Primarily, somewhere you don't necessarily expect Yukonese? (6) |
| PLAINLY | Clearly, manifestly |
| TABASCO | Chilli pepper variety of the species Capsicum frutescens occupying the same range as cayenne on the Scoville heat scale (7) |
| YUCATAN | A state of south-eastern Mexico, occupying the northern part of the _ peninsula (7) |
| INFAUNA | Animal life occupying the sediment of ocean and river beds, described as benthic (7) |
| GROTTOS | Caves in over occupying the centre of Abbotsford following something very unpleasant |
| TRIPLET | Group of three notes occupying the time of two (music) (7) |
| ABANDON | Leave an orchestra occupying the stage (7) |
| VATICAN | Vain cat occupying the Pope's residence (7) |
| IMPASSE | If dad's occupying the semi-detached, it's a deadlock (7) |
| ASTRIDE | Occupying the saddle of |
| AMEN | Primarily: 'Agreed! Manifestly! Endorsed! Naturally!' (4) |
| ANATHEMA | Lesser Arcana, the manifestly cursed thing (8) |
| TAKLAMAKAN | Desert of Central Asia and one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, occupying the central part of the Tarim Basin in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. (5,5) |
| NONSENSE | A word for balderdash, gibberish or gobbledegook; foolish behaviour; humbug; that which is manifestly false, illogical or silly; trivial things; or, absurdity, such as that exemplified by the verse of |
| INNERMAN | Dinner manifestly more than enough for me? (5,3) |
| ALPHABETICALLY | All initial letters manifestly ordered so? |
| AGEISM | Farage is manifestly showing discrimination (6) |
| FAMILY | Sent off manifestly by one's own flesh and blood (6) |
