| EMPHASISE | Stress European rate in the existing circumstances beginning to ease (9) |
| EMPHASIS | Stress European politician has on island, small |
| OASIS | Nothing in the existing circumstances resembles refuge in the midst of trouble |
| ASITIS | American to brood on island in the existing circumstances (2,2,2) |
| ASIS | In the existing circumstances, watering-hole lacks nothing |
| STASIS | It's still extremely strict in the existing circumstances |
| LEASTWISE | Most stupid, at any rate, in the US (9) |
| INTHEMAIN | You"ll find them first-rate in the tavern, by and large (2,3,4) |
| QUICKTIME | Normal marching rate, in the Army |
| STATUSQUO | Latin term meaning "the existing state of affairs" (6,3) |
| NIHILISTIC | Finding nothing to approve of in the existing order (10) |
| EMPATHETIC | Appreciating another's feelings is beginning to ease the impact, possibly (10) |
| UKRAINE | British bad weather beginning to ease in country? |
| SUEDE | Leather fitted? Discarding it's beginning to ease (5) |
| GALLEON | Anger beginning to ease aboard a ship (7) |
| BATTINGAVERAGE | Strike rate in the field (7,7) |
| TEAM | Players getting half-rate in the morning (4) |
| GOALKEEPER | Banks perhaps aim to maintain excellent rates in the first instance (10) |
| OSTRICH | Some of the most rich components of the largest of the existing birds |
| THEATRE | Surprising rate in the show (7) |
