| OCEANARIA | Song about canoe first, then tanks (9) |
| SEANOCASEY | Dramatist writing essay about canoe, weirdly |
| OUTRIDDEN | Journeyed beyond, round Uranus first, then Earth - spinning and hollow (9) |
| CHARGRILL | Interrogate cleaner first, then cook (9) |
| CARIBBEAN | I book transportation first, then head out of Jamaica? (9) |
| SPECULATE | Embezzle son first, then take a risk with the proceeds (9) |
| FILMSTRIP | Limp first, then hop round in old slideshow (9) |
| SACCHARIN | Tea bag at first, then Indian sweetener (9) |
| REMINDING | I grinned at Mary first then began jogging her memory (9) |
| ARCHETYPE | Original model's coy, embarrassed at first, then kind (9) |
| CHRISTMAS | Noel Gallagher's finale welcomed by children first, then parents (9) |
| PANEGYRIC | There's praying in the Established Church first - then laudation (9) |
| ELSEWHERE | Otherwise we're eating here first then other places (9) |
| LEVELLING | Making flat denial at first, then have to reveal a U-turn in government policy? (9,4) |
| BALLADEER | A stag party with dancing first, then a pop singer |
| DINNERSET | Resent moving racket first, then crockery |
| INAMORATA | Woman loved a Turk at first, then a Latin one turned up! |
| MUCKABOUT | Clean a stable holding a broom at first, then act the goat (4,5) |
| MUSKETRY | Think about kicking, at first, then evaluate technique using arms |
| DUTCH | Duly taking first half at first, then can have other half? |
