| USUAL | Routine bug's curable, ignoring the odds (5) |
| BACTERIA | Stalin's enforcer concealed routine bugs (8) |
| INCUR | Suffer strain, curable only partly (5) |
| ULCER | Sore condition curable after salt drops (5) |
| SHEEP | Those meekly following the woman keep ignoring the odds (5) |
| ERODE | Gradually reduce fear, with soldier ignoring the odds (5) |
| KOOKY | OK to work by ignoring the odds, which is odd! (5) |
| COLIC | Painful condition I caught after school, ignoring the odds (5) |
| AGAIN | Once more ignoring the odds in San Graciano (5) |
| DARED | Daughter and a friend, ignoring the odds, took on challenge (5) |
| RELIC | Survivor's ordeal: his CD Ignoring the Odds (5) |
| OUTER | Superficial bogus theory ignoring the odds (5) |
| ECLAT | Ignoring the odds, Herculean to get praise (5) |
| ADIEU | Last word from Bill, wise guy ignoring the odds (5) |
| RETRO | Nostalgic, true story of ignoring the odds (5) |
| ARRAN | Laird, ignoring the odds, sought office in seventh largest island (5) |
| TEMPO | Ignoring the odds, it seems poor rate (5) |
| UNFED | On a fast turn, a field's ignoring the odds (5) |
| ENSUE | Ignoring the odds, Jean is sure to get result (5) |
| CADET | One training pet to catch adder, ignoring the odds (5) |