| OPAQUER | Question interrupting the opera composition makes it less transparent (7) |
| PINAFORE | Ship first to feature in opera composition (8) |
| INHALER | Hernial problem is to make it less of a wheeze (7) |
| ASSUAGE | Beast's fever - Make it less severe (7) |
| ENTITLE | Give the right to resent it less and less (7) |
| NOTICED | Seen in Chelmsford, primarily, interrupting the famous (7) |
| LEIPZIG | I, an unknown, interrupting the French swine: Napoleon's defeat here! (7) |
| MANACLE | Clap in irons a salt interrupting the person speaking (7) |
| LIGHTER | Is it less burdensome than a box of matches? (7) |
| ESTATES | Cars, say, interrupting the middle of siesta |
| SHUTEYE | You reflected bilingually, interrupting the lady's sleep |
| SLIMJIM | Thin line interrupting the start of Sid James's intro (4,3) |
| BUTCHER | Is it less like lamb from this supplier? |
| DILUTED | Did include stringed instrument which made it less intense |
| EASES | Makes it less tight, see, as it's adjusted (5) |
| SWEETENS | Makes it less bitter, as tenses up around you and I (8) |
| SOFTENSTHEBLOW | Moderates article on strike and makes it less harsh |
| ASTRINGENT | Lotion applied to the skin to make it less oily (10) |
| TIMID | Reflectors make it less bright for the fearful (5) |
| DUMBDOWN | Make it less of a challenge for male taken in by woman from the capital in Northern Ireland (4,4) |
