| EXTREMIST | Sir, text me again as hardliner (9) |
| HAWKISH | As hardliner, taking seven days in greeting peace! |
| IDEOLOGUE | I would point to old record, upsetting EU hardliner (9) |
| NIGHTTIME | On a dark occasion hitting me again (9) |
| STALINIST | Political hardliner disrupted last sit-in |
| DREAMLIKE | Start to admire me again in period of Australian legends |
| DREAMTIME | Start to admire me again in period of Australian legends |
| ELTONJOHN | Best Original Song Oscar winner for (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again from the 2019 film Rocketman: 2 wds. |
| NEXTTIME | Bloody text me in future! (4,4) |
| EXPECTANTMOTHER | She's going to be delivered cart - phone, text me when done |
| DOVE | A columbarium- or cote-dwelling bird symbolising peace, hence a gentle person or pacifist, as opposed to a pro-war hardliner or "hawk"; or, a browny, buff, cream or greyish colour, evocative of said " |
| IRAN | Hardliner Rafsanjani has withdrawn from its parliament |
| NORTHERNIRELAND | Hardliner on rent upset half a dozen counties (8,7) |
| DRACO | Upset eccentric old legal hardliner (5) |
| TINDERY | Preserve energy to interrupt hardliner, easily fired (7) |
| IRELAND | Country doctor exposed hardliner (7) |
| DRY | Hardliner appearing quite drained |
| INTRANSIGENT | Hardliner gets news while travelling around |
| LEECH | Bloodsucker - some cruel EEC hardliner |
| INANOTHERWORLD | Doctor to hardliner now daydreaming (2,7,5) |
