| KNAVERY | Saying no leads to really bad behaviour (7) |
| GROANING | Sound heard in response to really bad jokes |
| GEORDIE | For one such as Gazza, bruised ego leads to really drunken, ill-advised episodes (7) |
| RAPTURE | Fitting in leads to really uneasy recruit experiencing joy |
| PRECEDE | Go before pressure leads to really embarrassing surrender |
| RHUBARB | Centre parting starts to really annoy Richard Burton? Nonsense! (7) |
| REMAINS | Starts to really enunciate, making actor in next scene corpse (7) |
| REFUSAL | Saying no to horrible fur sale (7) |
| GOFORIT | Foolishly I forgot to really make an effort |
| MYSTIFY | Puzzle parts to really fit symmetrically backwards? |
| BIRYANI | Dish sent back, Boatman saying: "No meat" (7) |
| DENYING | Repudiating, saying no (7) |
| TUMBLER | Glass houses mean having no lead in frames of timber (7) |
| RENAMED | Having no lead, gendarme awkwardly called again (7) |
| UPENDED | Young dog with no lead, stopped, then flipped over (7) |
| ASININE | Stupid dog with no lead is brought back inside (7) |
| CURIOUS | Inquisitive dog, faithful, with no lead (7) |
| PERJURY | False statement given by judge in a frenzy, having no lead (7) |
| ROBERTO | Panamanian beaten by Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980, saying "no mas", ... Duran (7) |
| EASYOUT | Convenient excuse for saying no |
