| TARTRATES | Salt a setter confused with all but initially Epsom salts (9) |
| MANNER | A way to do it with all but end of remnant (6) |
| EARLYBIRDS | Larks with all but topless chicks? (5,5) |
| BIPEDAL | Like this setter, confused its lead with lead (Pb) |
| ROSETTE | Setter confused about round diamond |
| GLUTAMATE | Salt: a sailor with too much to bear? (9) |
| MAGNESIUM | Metallic element whose sulphate form makes up the medicinal preparation Epsom salts (9) |
| SOCIALIST | Conservative, one at the top level, but initially very left-wing (9) |
| BLACKSPOT | It attacks plants but initially misses container (5,4) |
| INSOLVENT | Ruined now but, initially, the first three never lost contract in Northern Ireland up there |
| BONVIVANT | Jovial character but initially vain on TV unfortunately (3,6) |
| SERGE | Agrees all but initially to weave cloth |
| PAUSE | Maybe ease up, all but initially (5) |
| WINEMAKER | A setter held back by someone flirting? A corker, perhaps (9) |
| FORETASTE | Preview of a setter in action (9) |
| MARMALADE | Preserve and equip a youth feeding a setter |
| KENNELLED | Like a setter in the doghouse? (9) |
| HAIRSPRAY | A setter of some style? (9) |
| SOUSE | Related to "salt", a word for pickled pigs' ears, trotters or other pork; the brine or marinade used; a dunk or plunge into pickling or other liquid; or, a habitual drunkard, aka a soak (5) |
| OPERETTAS | Work by a setter disguised as light entertainment |
