| INPUBLIC | Tavern heard landlord dropping a name openly |
| LEICESTER | City landlord, dropping temperature, freezes resident |
| INS | Taverns heard to be half the details (3) |
| FATHER | Clergyman's a bit of a booby, possibly dropping a tablet |
| PARASCENDER | Poor white American's a criticism raised, dropping a thousand and one in a chute? |
| SHANGRILA | A Hilton invention is dropping a little honey, then a little lime, into wine punch |
| ANGLING | Dropping a line and moving off in a different direction (7) |
| EARRING | Dropping a brick to hide a piece of jewellery |
| OPTICAL | Current, with temperature dropping a little, is a type of illusion |
| VALERIE | A girl dropping a line in Virginia lake (7) |
| DIVIDED | Shared a dividend after dropping a point |
| BARTRICK | Dropping a dime in a bottle without touching it, e.g. |
| TRIAL | Dropping a lariat when twirling is a nuisance (5) |
| ACT | A cabaret dropping a naked performance (3) |
| ESSAYER | Seemingly one without a lisp, dropping a sibilant, but he tries (7) |
| SYRINGE | Arab dropping a grenade's outside - one's prepared for a shot |
| STYLIST | Remain after dropping a set of items for worker in a salon (7) |
| CROW | In an Aesop fable, what bird is flattered by a fox into speaking and dropping a piece of cheese? (4) |
| EMMA | British tennis player who won the 2021 US Open as a qualifier. without dropping a set (4,8) |
| RADUCANU | British tennis player who won the 2021 US Open as a qualifier. without dropping a set (4,8) |
