| UNBRIDLED | Stupid blunder, rambling about one head of department lacking restraint (9) |
| ORIGINATES | Makes a speech about one head of government concerned with issues (10) |
| ABANDONED | A group one head of department deserted (9) |
| LID | Cover left by one head of department (3) |
| DIFFIDENT | I'd turn up very loudly with papers to hospital department, lacking confidence (9) |
| NEGLIGENT | Misguided niggle over hospital department lacking care |
| UNTOLD | Department lacking independence is obsolete - that's not been revealed |
| PHARISAIC | A parish, transformed by one head of church, is sanctimonious (9) |
| IMPROVING | One rambling about politician being on the up and up (9) |
| UNCHECKED | Lacking restraint as this solution regularly is (9) |
| WALKABOUT | Bush rambling about Kabul to Western Alliance initially (9) |
| WORKSTUDY | It helps to identify most efficient way of doing something like rambling about smuggled tusk (4,5) |
| FIRSTLADY | FT's daily rambling about Republican president's wife |
| WOMANISED | Female dish, lacking restraints, with base need finally, had amorous affairs (9) |
| NUMERICAL | I'm unclear, rambling about figures |
| TARDINESS | Dart off to see one head, being late (9) |
| WEARINESS | One head, after sport, shows fatigue (9) |
| COCOABEAN | Two firms with one head find source of chocolate (5,4) |
| EMPTINESS | Entice to remove head — one head — resulting in vacancy |
| EARLINESS | Lord, one head coming before due time |
