| PENDULAR | Rude plan in resort is characteristic of swinger |
| LEARNTODRIVE | Get a lesson on how to handle vehicle for Shakespearean character not out to do what's expected of swinger (5,2,5) |
| NIECE | Head of entertainment in resort is a relative (5) |
| RURAL | Republican fellow in pursuit of game is characteristic of country life (5) |
| IDENTICAL | Citadel in resort is the very same (9) |
| APOTHEOSIS | Highpoint in resort is teashop opening on the front |
| RESISTOR | Electrical device in resort is faulty (8) |
| TRIUMPHAL | Getting hump somehow in ordeal is characteristic of success |
| COOKSTRAIT | Running between islands in New Zealand is characteristic of chefs (4,6) |
| REORDERED | As is characteristic of art critics, each asked for more of the same (9) |
| DIALECT | The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. (7) |
| INFERNAL | Figure out going up lane, most of what is characteristic of the underground (8) |
| SUBTROPICAL | Applied to many gardens in the UK, this relates to, or is characteristic of, areas close to the tropics (3-8) |
| IRISHNESS | It is characteristic of Eire that her sin is to the South (9) |
| ACCENTS | The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. (7) |
| IDIOM | The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people. (5) |
| SYNDROME | Said to have erred, Catholicism is characteristic of a problem (8) |
| HUMANNATURE | To buzz girl at the river is characteristic of people (5,6) |
| STRAIT | Is characteristic of Gibraltar perhaps (6) |
| UMAMI | A strong meaty taste that is characteristic of MSG. (5) |
