| CRASS | Stupid councillor associated with fool (5) |
| CRU | Councillor associated with posh vineyard (3) |
| FURNITURE | Hair associated with fool initially unsure about tables and chairs? (9) |
| PALLY | Cardinal to associate with fool (5) |
| ASHES | Male gets involved with fool for a trophy (5) |
| WILLY | Wife to associate with fool (5) |
| ANITA | Woman with fool in dry group (5) |
| WALLY | Wife to associate with fool (5) |
| MANOR | Title, from "man, warrior" and sharing a disputed link with "fool, simpleton", of the lowest rank of British peer, established after the Norman Conquest for a king's tenant-in-chief (5) |
| TWERP | Keep out of old pub to start with, fool |
| ECLAT | Worry about class with fool lacking distinction |
| TRAPS | Rejects small role with fools (5) |
| APRIL | Month you'd associate with fools and showers (5) |
| TREES | Poem with "fools like me" |
| CLOSEDOWN | Stop trading with fool stocking silly odes (5,4) |
| STRINGALONG | Appear to be in agreement with fool (6,5) |
| EMOTICON | In a way, item covers nothing to do with fool with funny face in email (8) |
| BRANDYGLASS | Drink container, type you get lately principally with fool (6,5) |
| TOSTARTWITH | Celebrity with fool in tense expression of surprise initially (2,5,4) |
| ASSAM | State of India, with fool not yet PM |
