| COLDCALL | Rep makes it 150, securing date in local ground (4,4) |
| ESPRESSO | Esso's rep makes a strong coffee (8) |
| RASPBERRY | Barry's rep makes a rude noise (9) |
| PRETENDERS | Rep makes offers to claimants (10) |
| COLONIAL | Like soldiers on top of incident in local ground (8) |
| ALLOCATE | Divide up and distribute tea round local ground (8) |
| ALCOHOL | House in local ground producing booze (7) |
| ONCALL | Like a doctor, perhaps, having note put in local ground (2,4) |
| ALLOWANCE | A new local ground grant (9) |
| COROLLA | Maybe Lily's inner circle or local ground (7) |
| PARADISE | A date in Paris ending in love and bliss (8) |
| SWITCHON | Term meaning to cause a device to operate, as opposed to turning it off; to assume insincere charm, false emotion, tears etc at will; or, to make one up-to-date, in dress or outlook (6,2) |
| SOMETIME | On an undetermined date in the future (8) |
| PEDANTIC | Political correctness drowning confused date in nit-picking (8) |
| ADRIENNE | Woman upset a dinner date in the end (8) |
| DETAINEE | Prisoner arranged date in Spain twice (8) |
| SIDESTEP | To avoid ominous date in March, walk outside |
| OBTAINED | Former pupil with date in review secured (8) |
| MESSMATE | Potential private dinner date in trouble with partner (8) |
| ANTIDOTE | Failing to date in countermeasure (8) |
