| DOUBLETS | Snug jackets, or a hint to answers of asterisked clues (8) |
| HITBACK | Retaliate, and a hint to answers of asterisked clues (3,4) |
| YOUREFIRED | The Apprentice slogan, or what might be said to answers of asterisked clues (10) |
| TON | Century; when added to answers of asterisked clues, it makes place names (3) |
| PETSHOPBOYS | UK music duo; or, a hint to answers to asterisked clues (11) |
| TRIPLETHREAT | Actor/singer/dancer, e.g., or a hint to answers to asterisked clues (12) |
| FORESEES | Anticipates ... or, phonetically, what's found in puzzle answers of more than 10 letters |
| PINK | The call of a chaffinch; a colour of rose wine; a fox-hunter's scarlet jacket; or, a flower related to sweet William (4) |
| CARDIGAN | Style of knitted jacket; or, the larger of the two breeds of corgi (8) |
| NUTCRACKERS | Toys that are also tools, and a hint to the words split across the sets of asterisked clues' answers |
| SOUNDSFISHY | That doesn't seem right, or a description of the ends of asterisked clues? (11) |
| WRAPPER | Cellophane cover of a sweet; a dust jacket; or, a paper band placed around a newspaper for posting (7) |
| BITTEREND | R? aAA¦ or a hint to the answers of the five starred clues |
| SHEEPSKIN | A garment, often a jacket, or a rug with a woolly fleece (9) |
| POTATO | Root vegetable with a jacket; or, a large hole in a sock or stocking (6) |
| SHOTS | The first words of asterisked clues are kinds of them |
| DONTTREADONME | Words on an early American flag, or a warning applicable to answers to asterisked (13) |
| ROUNDHERE | Nearby, and a description relevant to answers to asterisked clues (5,4) |
| JUMPSUIT | Combined trousers and jacket or shirt (4,4) |
| ZIP | Close, as a jacket or a dress |
