| TITLEROLE | Right turn, say, taken by Lear amongst others |
| EGAD | Oath once, say, taken by a duke |
| NEGATIVE | Film, say, taken by someone born locally (8) |
| REGIMEN | Course of treatment, say, taken by miner in a bad way |
| ELEMENTALLY | Lead, say, taken by colleague in a basic way (11) |
| TEETOTAL | Meal, say, taken by child with man abstaining from alcohol (8) |
| ELL | Right-angled turn say |
| REGAL | Royal stag finally caught by Lear, surprisingly |
| TRISYLLABLE | Rewritten by Lear - still amusing as an example! |
| CANTERBURYTALES | Novel by Lear truncates early work |
| EARL | The noble tumed to by Lear (4) |
| ARIEL | Character in 'The Tempest', and one embraced by Lear in turmoil (5) |
| SCHOLARLY | Erudite note about church written by Lear's uncle |
| REGAN | Unusual anger shown by Lear's daughter (5) |
| NONSENSEVERSE | A frabjous set of lines, perhaps by Lear, that gyre and gimble to the ear |
| RISK | Take a dangerous turn, say |
| DIRECT | Tell to turn, say |
| WAITSINTHEWINGS | Is ready for one's star turn, say |
| TRIB | Windy City daily, familiarly Take a wrong turn, say |
| ROTA | One having a turn, say, on the register (4) |
