| ACTINIUM | Show unionist wearing short skirt backward - it's rare (8) |
| GOLDDUST | Its rare to find good evidence of poor housekeeping (8) |
| GLADIOLI | I must go behind boy, one wearing short yellow bloomers (8) |
| INTHERAW | Wearing short trench coat, possibly, or wearing nothing (2,3,3) |
| COALFACE | Large female wearing short coat, one exposed seam that's cut (8) |
| UNCOMMON | It's rare for a foreign company with Frenchmen to get on (8) |
| JUMPIEST | One wearing short garment sits oddly, being extremely uneasy |
| TRILLION | Unfortunately wearing short slip over enormous figure |
| MINION | Servant wearing short skirt (6) |
| ATTRIBUTE | A reactionary former Director-General wearing short skirt, bearing essential part (9) |
| MINIS | Maiden is going round wearing short skirts |
| DURESS | Pressure from unionist wearing frock (6) |
| ANGULAR | Bony Unionist wearing tailored raglan (7) |
| PLASTERED | I must go behind boy, one wearing short yellow bloomers (8) |
| PAGEANT | Show maturity wearing short trousers? (7) |
| SAGA | Long tale, though when read backwards it's a gas! (4) |
| LEE | Forward, it's a sea term; backwards, it's another sea term |
| POSIT | Work backwards - it's awkward in advance (5) |
| STEPTWO | Dance backwards - it's the second lesson? |
| BIRDSVILLE | S-W Qld town famous for its rare race meeting (10) |
