| DAHLIAS | Spanker, maybe, was made to pull up bloomers |
| TRELLIS | Means to hold up bloomers? (7) |
| CLEMATISES | Endless sex with model? A Spice Girl pulled up bloomers (10) |
| GREENHOUSE | Unqualified legislative body that covers up bloomers (10) |
| DAHLIA | Ali had made up bloomer (6) |
| OASIS | "Definitely Maybe" was their debut album |
| HURRIED | Former minister swallowing ire maybe was too fast (7) |
| DANK | As cellar, maybe, was sinking, last of beer removed |
| SOPRANI | Voices in favour, maybe - was a newspaper editor following? |
| EARLYBIRD | Archaeopteryx maybe was one that caught nematodes? (5,4) |
| FLOODLIT | Line in cookery books, maybe, was intensely illuminating (8) |
| WARSHIP | Carrier maybe was cool, impressing Republican (7) |
| HATED | The ad maybe was far from popular (5) |
| DECADE | The 1930s, maybe, was rotten, it's said (6) |
| MAGNOLIA | Periodical upset on turning up bloomer (8) |
| HIKERS | They ask people to pull up, and they pull up (6) |
| FORCEDLABOUR | Was compelled to party, but was made to work hard too (6,6) |
| PUTOFF | About to smoke, was made to alight |
| ASSAIL | Like spanker, for example, to attack (6) |
| ETA | When a plane is scheduled to pull up to the gate: Abbr. |
