| COUNTERTENOR | Singer in bar, one back in centre of Montreal (12) |
| TREMOR | More damaged in centre of Montreal quake |
| UNSTRUNG | Not recognised round centre of Montreal, so distressed |
| CHILLIPOWDER | Tablet, one back in soup, is hot stuff (6,6) |
| NATIVE | Local putting it back in centre of church (6) |
| KREMLIN | Thousands queue endlessly to welcome queen back in centre of government |
| LEGAL | Have birthdays back in centre of Dallas sanctioned (5) |
| OSTIA | It's back in centre of Goan port Cato used? (5) |
| TRIUMVIR | Looking back, in middle of l'Ecrivain, Murt admitted current one on job-share in old Rome (8) |
| HEEHAW | Laugh when two men go back to back in middle of lawn (3-3) |
| SENORA | In bar, one stands up for a Spanish lady (6) |
| BIPARTISAN | Nasty spat in bar, one involving two political groups |
| INTURN | Groove around in bar, one after the other (2,4) |
| FAREWELL | Vessel held back in middle of trip for so long (8) |
| CORTEGE | Get back in middle of the train |
| EXAM | Climaxes back in middle of test (4) |
| LEI | Foreign coins put back in middle of field (3) |
| ISRAELI | Shakespearean king turning back in middle of visit to see Middle-Eastemer (7) |
| TENOR | Singer in bar? Back one, right? (5) |
| REMOTE | Slim volume put back in centre section of bureau (6) |
