| SHORTLIST | Rot, perhaps, from the best candidates! |
| OVERWATERED | Afflicted with root rot, perhaps |
| DEMONSTRATIVE | Expressive advisement rot, perhaps (13) |
| CASTYOURVOTE | Take your pick on the hustings? Sounds like one is fishing for the right candidate! (4,4,4) |
| MARGINAL | Sort of seat possibly alarming to a candidate! (8) |
| DREAMTICKET | Best candidates imagined dismissal being headed off |
| SHORTLISTED | Sorted this out with student among best candidates (11) |
| RECORDDEAL | Prize for an aspiring musical artist, perhaps from the first word of the answer to a starred clue |
| MEANDER | Wind, low, rose perhaps from the east |
| ONETIME | A single sentence, perhaps, from the past |
| YELLOWSTONE | Gold perhaps, from the world's first national park |
| EDWARDIAN | Aide drawn, perhaps, from the period 1901-10 (9) |
| STATUE | A fine figure of a man, perhaps, from the foundry? (6) |
| SEALION | As in Leo perhaps from the deep? |
| LIGHTERS | Spills, perhaps, from the boats (8) |
| ULLAGE | Missing part, perhaps, from the full agenda |
| THUNDERING | An end to hurting, perhaps, from the loud rumbling? (10) |
| REWARD | Honour artist perhaps from the east (6) |
| EGBERT | R conifer perhaps from the east covering Britain (6) |
| TEAROSE | Eats roe perhaps from the flower (3,4) |
