| TOPSYTURVY | Story put out, very heartless and confused (5-5) |
| ENIGMA | Meaning heartless and confused: a puzzle |
| TOPHEAVY | Chief male, adult very heartless and unstable (3-5) |
| SCURVY | Southern scoundrel, very heartless and despicable |
| SOPHISTRY | Made-up arguments in story put out surrounding ship at sea |
| UNCULTURED | "You ___ swine!" ("Toy Story" put-down) |
| NEERDOWELL | Doreen turned out very lazy |
| MOERKOFFIE | Local drink in raving Rome - knock-out, very loud, even nice (10) |
| PARLIAMENT | Famous junction in Ramsey that lies after the 23rd milestone on the Snaefell course, just a shared clue with the Island Racer magazine crossword, out very soon! (10,6) |
| TOOTHFAIRY | Does she pay for baby and milk? One's also frighteningly fit, heartless and hairy (5,5) |
| HEATHCLIFF | Henry Clay is heartless and on the edge with romantic hero who is made-up (10) |
| BEVY | Extremely brusque and very heartless women in company (4) |
| BIFFED | Struck by a story put up by female newspaper boss (6) |
| MUSCOVY | I leave notes, nothing very heartless, on duck (7) |
| LEVY | The French have a very heartless tax (4) |
| TAKEINTOACCOUNT | Consider of interest old story put on hold (4,4,7) |
| LATIN | Short story put up in the language of Juvenal |
| CURRENTACCOUNT | Topical story puts money in the bank (7,7) |
| WITHBATEDBREATH | As Kevin Pietersen came down the pavilion steps and breathed out very anxiously (4,5,6) |
| TODATE | Put in prison and ready for going out: very modern (4,2,2,4) |
