| MYSTERY | Tale, altered in the middle, following the setter's puzzle |
| MAZE | Answer unknown in the setter's puzzle? (4) |
| SAUCILY | With brass, or an Italian island altered in the style of this puzzle's theme |
| STANCE | Attitude that can't be altered in the home counties |
| INSITU | Wearing suit altered in the appropriate place (2,4) |
| EXALT | Praise health centre following old second class routine at the centre (5) |
| TRAFALGAR | Battle in North American city centre following return of Trump (9) |
| ALLOPATHIST | He tries to cure everyone at his treatment centre, following surgery |
| DOCTOREDUP | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| DREAMSEQUENCE | Storytelling technique ... or what is altered in this puzzle's circles |
| MEMES | Images, videos, etc., that are spread via the Internet and altered in a creative or humorous way. (5) |
| OBVERTED | In logic, altered in wording, eg from “no men are wise” to “all men are fools” |
| FORSYTHIA | Bush's history altered in note (9) |
| COUNTRIES | States altered in 10, 11 and 12 other answers (9) |
| RANGEFINDER | I can tell how far it's managed, if altered in sex (11) |
| TUNIC | Part of uniform altered in cut (5) |
| SHAPE | Heaps that are altered in a mould (5) |
| OTHERWISE | White rose altered in a different way (9) |
| ROSTER | Duty list altered in resort |
| COTTAGE | Get coat altered in small country house (7) |
