| STICKINGPLASTER | Standing quietly, the queen holding final wound covering (8,7) |
| METEOR | Space traveller was introduced to The Queen, holding top of orb |
| EARLIER | Nobleman and queen holding one in the past (7) |
| SCAB | Wound covering suggested by sensible customer at bar in the west |
| CROSSDRESSING | Wearing the wrong clothes like a wound covering on comic characters (5-8) |
| DESISTS | Stops believers holding final mass (7) |
| EMPEROR | Monarch's saving Private Ryan initially holding final bridge in Rome retreat (7) |
| OMEGA | Come gallantly holding final letter |
| PLASTIC | Shortly choose holding final credit cards? |
| PLASTER | Person holding final thing to cover a cut (7) |
| ARENA | Place holding final of competition? |
| PRESTIGE | Standing quietly, others mingled regularly (8) |
| DECAMP | Standing, quietly released gas? Run away! (6) |
| UPRIGHTPIANO | Standing quietly, nothing grand here (7,5) |
| PLATEARMOUR | Quietly, the love hides evidence of sorrow, showing tough exterior (5,6) |
| SHRILL | Quietly, the brook becomes ear-splitting |
| PRATTLERS | They gossip a lot - but quietly, the snakes! (9) |
| PREFERRED | Had rather seen how quietly the referee went wrong (9) |
| PREFER | Favour, just quietly, the umpire having hesitation (6) |
| TAIPAN | Brown takes in top class quietly, the snake (6) |
