| AMANUENSIS | Supply insane sum to retain a literary assistant |
| HAVEASKINFUL | One needs to be well-oiled to retain a bodyguard with peculiar flu (4,1,7) |
| ICECAP | International skating star covering cold area? (6)WASTWOSTARS9 & 5Dn. To retain a personal lawyer is to be discreet (2,4,4,3,7) |
| COUNSEL | To retain a personal lawyer is to be discreet (2,4,4,3,7) |
| TOKEEPYOUROWN | To retain a personal lawyer is to be discreet (2,4,4,3,7) |
| AUTOSAVE | A computing facility that is designed to retain a user's work (8) |
| CAMORRA | Secret society about to retain a second posh car (7) |
| UNEARNED | The sort of income you ultimately require to retain a service |
| TRANQUILLITY | Attempt to retain a new writer, the subject - peace |
| RICOCHET | Bounce back for the right to retain a different choice (8) |
| YEARS | Affirmative vote to retain a right for ages (5) |
| YARDAGE | Tailor ready to retain a good amount of material (7) |
| TITHE | Give it the right to retain a tenth (5) |
| SCORE | Aching to retain a hundred notes (5) |
| SABOTAGE | Wise to retain a computer program for dirty work? |
| IMBED | Briefly climb edifices to retain a thought in the mind |
| EARLDOM | Fashion model to retain a royal title (7) |
| HONEYSUCKLE | After renovation, he's lucky to retain a single plant (11) |
| WARLORD | Military commander making promise to retain a couple of directions (7) |
| WISEGUYS | Smart alecs use wigs perhaps to retain a little youthfulness (4,4) |
