| LOOSEN | So Noel gets to relax (6) |
| NODDLE | Head clergyman Noel gets upset about (6) |
| CHURCHILL | PM gets to relax after cold sore finally disappears |
| LIGHTENUP | Eccentric helping out, nothing less, gets to relax (7,2) |
| LEBANON | Noel gets around prohibition and returns to a Middle East republic (7) |
| WINDDOWN | Heard Gail at party in the middle of Newtown Abbey gets to relax (4,4) |
| BREAKTHEICE | Teacher with bike funnily gets to relax atmosphere (5,3,3) |
| ELONGATES | Poor Noel gets stage fright - pulls out |
| SETTEE | Get hard place to drive and place to relax (6) |
| UNKNOT | Organisation gets granny, for one, to relax in muscular way (6) |
| REDUCE | Did a left-winger turn to the church to relax? (6) |
| LIVING | Where to relax with (say) cohabitee/husband (6,4) |
| REEFER | Soldiers free to relax with spliff (6) |
| REPOSE | Engineers set to relax (6) |
| CREASE | Where the batsman stands, about right to relax (6) |
| RESIST | Stand up to relax when touring island (6) |
| TEASER | Tricky question: given time to relax, start to reply |
| CEASED | Stopped to relax in the outskirts of Chelmsford (6) |
| MANTRA | Beginners in meditation always need to relax, articulating this (6) |
| RAREST | It's most uncommon for artist to relax (6) |
