| HETERO | Straight leading man then oddly embraced (6) |
| LUFF | In sailing, the straight leading edge of a foreand-aft sail, extending from the head to the tack (bottom front corner) (4) |
| BELFAST | City life oddly embraced by a fiend (7) |
| MADAME | Frenchwoman upset first man, then Arachne (6) |
| ARMADA | First man, then god's overthrown naval force (6) |
| SAFARI | Find beasts on this Animal Farm so oddly moving (6) |
| RANSOM | Price for release of royal man so distressed (6) |
| STAMEN | Part of flower for holy man... so be it (6) |
| ADONIS | Said no to a young man so handsome? (6) |
| PETTED | Anger shown by man so treated |
| ETHNO | World music category ___ then oddly nothing (5) |
| DETENTE | Deem the end -- then, oddly, a lessening of tensions (7) |
| UNFORTUNATE | One in France supporting fish then oddly becomes luckless (11) |
| PROROGUE | Suspend, then oddly pardon scoundrel (8) |
| BOWSPRIT | Member on board gives in, then oddly persists |
| LENTILS | Legumes loud at first, then oddly silent (7) |
| SOLICITOR | Legal man, then, with legal men |
| HEWED | Axed that man, then married (5) |
| ADAMANT | First man, then insect, is unyielding (7) |
| IRMA | Their man then went off to get her (4) |
