| CRUNCHY | Show distress about meal, overlooking first of salad onions? |
| PARDON | Forgive parking on road possibly overlooking first of offices (6) |
| RAVISHING | Frenzied eating meal, overlooking starter that's lovely (9) |
| CREEPY | Threatening letter read back - show distress about it |
| SOBER | Like a judge, perhaps, show distress about retiring |
| CRISES | Shows distress about small emergencies |
| SQUIRM | Show distress from embarrassment and wriggle out of it (6) |
| LOYAL | True line of reigning family, overlooking first member (5) |
| KINDLY | Benign family in appropriate fashion overlooking first sign of unfriendliness (6) |
| BARBQ | Counter second question about meal cooked out of doors (3-1-1) |
| OVEREAT | Be a glutton about meal, first to last (7) |
| CARPETSWEEPER | Cleaner animals show distress, seized by nurse (6,7) |
| SUBMIT | Show distress when jeans returned without button at last (6) |
| SOB | Show distress at insulting address (3) |
| TEARS | Signs of distress about rents (5) |
| HEARTBREAK | Given chance of painting career, he initially shows distress |
| OPINIONS | Views about putting a bit of spice into onions? (8) |
| COLESLAW | What salad consists of shredded cabbage, mayonnaise, carrots and onions? (8) |
| LINK | Glance overlooking first website feature (4) |
| DEPLOYMENT | Duke having job overlooking first mass troop manAuvre |
