| SNOOZER | Suspect one's Zorro, oddly, has one dropped off? (7) |
| GRAIL | German, oddly, has one large cherished ambition (5) |
| SLEEPER | An earpiece - one's dropped off (7) |
| SNORING | Sign one's dropped off really entertaining new phone (7) |
| STRESS | Trouble as married one dropped off lover (6) |
| MESH | Shame one dropped off the network (4) |
| KEEP | Perhaps what one should do if one suspects one's clock is defective? (Continued in 17 Across) |
| EPSILON | Suspect one has come across Greek letter, fifth in total - here? (7) |
| UNKNOWN | A French king, oddly, has to admit to being nameless (7) |
| TRAMPLE | Tyre, oddly, has more than enough tread (7) |
| HAMSTER | Pet theory oddly has to take in male first (7) |
| EARDRUM | A murder suspect, one hears (7) |
| EASTEND | London area where heroin is dropped off? (4,3) |
| NERVOUS | Daft souvenir one dropped, being flustered (7) |
| THEATRE | Having fever, weary one dropped the boards (7) |
| ENTREAT | Whole one dropped leads to another timely petition (7) |
| DETESTS | Really dislikes one dropped from revamped test side (7) |
| VIVALDI | He scored six with just one dropped (7) |
| SUSPECT | Dubious conjecture in action one's dropped (7) |
| LEISURE | Rest one's dropped in the French river (7) |
