| CHUCKBERRY | Singer is shy through having admitted sin (5,5) |
| APOLOGISED | A game plan almost goes west, having admitted fault |
| FREEAGENTS | Hint for stage, having admitted new independent operators? (4,6) |
| WALLFLOWER | Someone who is shy at social events - especially those involving dancing (10) |
| SEGOVIA | Spanish classical guitarist is special through having self-confidence (7) |
| RAISONDETRE | Why it is only just done, having admitted it's done badly |
| ENATE | Growing out through having eaten junk (5) |
| PERVERSE | Cantankerous through having very limited language (8) |
| THROATIER | More hoarse shortly through having a row (9) |
| CHARRED | Burnt out through having worked as a domestic? |
| VIOLA | Pansy's through, having nothing left (5) |
| OBVIATE | Prevent, through having time to put in order |
| VISA | Pass through having taken in Slovakia's capital |
| BIGAMY | Crime, through having bagged Yuletide threesome up (6) |
| PENETRATING | Getting through, having keen insight (11) |
| BYPASS | Get round through having a permit (6) |
| SLACKED | Fired the novice through having been lazy (7) |
| SPLENETIC | Peevish, through having a pathetic finish after a splendid start? (9) |
| PER | Through having no luck, perchance (3) |
| CAVIAR | Pricey fare, through having stopped taxi for one |
