| DEPUTISED | Stood in, backing exercise in action (9) |
| NEPTUNE | Roman god backing exercise in northern air |
| RAISETHEPRICE | Speak to chairman three times about backing exercise in how to get more money (5,3,5) |
| TEMPERATE | Showing restraint, police force backing exercise charge (9) |
| CONSONANT | Granny involves lad in backing Toc H perhaps (9) |
| FORBIDDEN | Democrat in backing 24, out of bounds (9) |
| MARVELLED | Backing an old poet, editor stood in awe |
| LIMOUSINE | One month we stood in line for transportation (9) |
| PLACEMATS | Board covers intricate stuff in backing authorisation (5,4) |
| NIAISERIE | Foolishness in backing artificial intelligence course out of term |
| MARINATED | Stood in liquid before cooking |
| DONATIONS | Stood in an unusual way with gifts to charitv |
| PILATES | In error, Greek character backing exercise system (7) |
| YOGA | A gentile backing exercise (4) |
| SITUPS | Small unnamed Russian boss's backing exercises (3,3) |
| DEMUR | Show reluctance, backing suspect journalist (5) - prefer to "in backing" |
| COLD | Is lacking compassion in backing those in deadlock (4) |
| FANCLUB | Mistake in LA, including African party in backing group (3,4) |
| OMNIBUS | Coach writer engaged in backing sport in Japan (7) |
| STETIT | Ridens in foro ____: she stood in the forum smiling |
