| SHERRY | Queen and King tucking into quiet drink |
| MALTREAT | King tucking into drink, tucking into whisky, leading to harm |
| TURKISH | and 28ac, King tucking into this rude, peculiar, insubstantial sweetmeat (7,7) |
| STREAK | Mark King tucking into meat (6) |
| MALADROIT | Notice French king tucking into whisky without much skill |
| CURT | Brusque king tucking into chop (4) |
| CHIRPS | King, tucking into fried food, sends out tweets (6) |
| DELIGHT | see 27ac, King tucking into this rude, peculiar, insubstantial sweetmeat (7,7) |
| SPACESHIP | Quiet expert has quiet drink outside thevessel (9) |
| PONEROLOGY | Quiet drink? Duck into misplaced glory for creed of sin |
| PURLOINING | Stealing look into quiet old city homes at midnight (10) |
| SADDHU | Holy man taking a learned theologian into quiet university |
| ENTERPRISE | Get into quiet growth of business (10) |
| PREMISSES | Propositions from soldiers bumping into quiet girls (9) |
| DOMICILE | I'm coming back into quiet home |
| PROLOGUE | Look into quiet villain's introduction (8) |
| SHRED | Rip into quiet socialist (5) |
| SHAREHOLDER | Run into quiet more mature investor (11) |
| PLUNGE | Descend into quiet, sudden movement |
| PROBE | Inquiry into quiet dress (5) |