| DECIMALSYSTEM | Ten at heart of it, my cadet smiles, enigmatically |
| ENE | At the end of it, "my alien" would be a dangerous person |
| YUCK | It's distasteful gossip: University College expels adult at the heart of it (4) |
| CORE | ' at the heart of it' / foun dation / pivot |
| IONA | Island notionally at the heart of it |
| OPUSES | At the heart of it, people amused less by musical works |
| MOTIF | At the heart of it, famous actor glorifying distinctive idea |
| SNOB | Isn't automobilist, at the heart of it, a person who sets too much value on social standing? |
| INWARD | Gets to the heart of it by unsettling Darwin (6) |
| CRUX | Wine before kiss, that's the heart of it (4) |
| OHIO | "The Heart of It All" state |
| MEAD | Metheglin? Crazy about the heart of it |
| TEXAN | American getting ten out of ten at the space centre (5) |
| AMOEBAS | Little creatures like snuggling mum and love to be back in the heart of it all (7) |
| SWATHE | Bandage in hospitals ultimately wrong - what? Yes, that's the heart of it! (6) |
| QUESTION | Detailed quiz set enigmatically about element in it? (8) |
| REPEAT | Do as before. Peer enigmatically at (6) |
| RIDDLED | Spoke enigmatically about being shot full of holes (7) |
| OXEN | Draught animals have nothing before ten at the bottom of the garden |
| JAMES | Nom de plume under which the Baroness of Holland Park enigmatically published Cover Her Face, Shroud for a Nightingale, The Private Patient and all other Dalgliesh mysteries (5) |
