| SILVERMEDALLIST | Runner-up, small, delivers it unexpectedly (6,9) |
| PIPPEDATTHEPOST | Pet hopped past it unexpectedly beaten at the last moment (6,2,3,4) |
| THROWINTHETOWEL | Give up small blanket in the dryer (5,2,3,5) |
| INTENSIFICATION | Stepping up, small girl is embraced by Constantine II, shaking |
| VIGNETTIST | Sketch-writer setting it unexpectedly beneath Vatican City (10) |
| ORDEROFTHETHISTLE | A Scottish honour, tho Forester held it, unexpectedly |
| LINGUIST | Language expert finds slug in it unexpectedly (8) |
| IGNITION | Might this fire engine go in it unexpectedly because of ringing |
| NEWS | Lester Holt delivers it |
| MAIL | The USPS delivers it |
| MONOLOGUE | One delivers it in a manner of speaking (9) |
| BLOW | Sound the whistle as boxer delivers it? (4) |
| INTRO | The MC usually delivers it |
| RECITE | Deliver it for second Conservative in case |
| VERITABLE | Deliver it, a blessing? Partly true (9) |
| INAUGURAL | A speaker may deliver it during month on Russian river |
| PASTORALLETTER | Sales talk enthrals everybody in supermarket — bishop may deliver it |
| DROPOFF | To deliver it to clinician at work isn't on |
| MATE | A knight might deliver it |
| INHELL | Spot reserved for Brexiteers without a plan of how to deliver it, according to Donald Tusk (1,7,5,2,4) |
