| INTENTION | Stress, say, associated with popular aim (9) |
| GRIN | Greek associated with popular smile (4) |
| STANDIN | Part of a ground associated with popular substitute (5,2) |
| FROCK | Garment, female, associated with popular music |
| INELEGANT | New line, say, associated with a book is clumsy |
| EGO | Freudian concept, say, associated with Oedipus, originally (3) |
| HORSECHESTNUT | Tree Arab, say, associated with old joke |
| BODEGA | Person, say, associated with a wine shop |
| INSECT | Praying mantis, say, associated with religious types? |
| FRIAR | Cook, say, associated with balsam |
| SWEET | Dessert, say, associated with magnolias in the Netflix series? (5) |
| PORTICO | Covered area in Hull, say, associated with island firm |
| BUTTERFLIES | Nervous feeling, say, associated with Burton's debut theatre part |
| BRIDAL | Bridle, say, associated with getting hitched (6) |
| REGALIST | King, say, associated with top people who would support his supremacy? (8) |
| EGOMANIA | Form of madness, say, associated with sultanate the reverse of excellent (8) |
| SYNTAX | Correct use of words - wrong stress, say |
| AGER | Stress, say |
| LOLLIPOPS | Lounge is filled with popular candies (9) |
| INFIGHTER | One adept at intrigue with popular pugilist (9) |