| STANDING | Rat keeping tense and upright (8) |
| TETCHY | Good at IT, though keeping tense and irritable (6) |
| CATARACT | Eye problem in pet, a rat keeping cold (8) |
| HITHERTO | Smacked star keeping tense so far (8) |
| STRAIGHT | A good hand and upright (8) |
| STEINWAY | grand and upright maker |
| THESHARD | Piano piece, both grand and upright, thrashed out (3,5) |
| TADPOLE | Larva, something small and upright (7) |
| PIANOS | Baby Grand and Upright |
| INGOODSTANDING | Popular, unlikely to fail, and upright |
| TRADERS | Businessmen and upright, dears, terribly (7) |
| ETHICAL | Moral and upright character in chalet corrupted |
| HONEST | Trustworthy and upright - fair dinkum! |
| NOTWITHSTANDING | Overweight, and upright even so (15) |
| STABAT | She was standing up and upright |
| PLIANT | Amenable and upright character engaged by factory (6) |
| PIANO | Quiet, but can be grand and upright (5) |
| ALERT | From the Italian for "erect", a word for "brisk, lively, ready, vigilant, wide awake", as if standing up tall and upright like a watchtower, in effect (5) |
| CELTICCROSS | Christian symbol featuring a ring, horizontal bar and upright (6,5) |
| STRAINED | Tense, and tries shifting (8) |
