| TRUSTY | Tenor, out of practice, is however reliable (6) |
| CRUSTY | Charlie, out of practice, is irascible (6) |
| ROTTEN | Poor tenor out of place around end of concert (6) |
| ADRIFT | A tenor out of touch |
| PERISH | Paper is, however, full of decay (6) |
| DANISH | Michael Jordan is, however, part European (6) |
| RUSTY | To be out of practice, is to be what (5) |
| THEORY | Set of principles on which practice is based (6) |
| RISING | Engineer admitting bad practice is on the increase (6) |
| NUDIST | There are colonies where this practice is barely appropriate (6) |
| NUDISM | There are colonies where this practice is barely appropriate (6) |
| AMUSED | A doctor clinging to practice is diverted (6) |
| SADISM | Kinky practice is seen in blue movie's intro (6) |
| RITUAL | Religious practice is most spiritual (6) |
| INTHESHORTRUN | Rush thin tenor out of concert, ignoring possible future developments (2,3,5,3) |
| GINGERBEER | This Christmas soft drink is however immersed in two forms of alcohol (6,4) |
| THOUGHT | Idea that is however ahead of time |
| OPENSECRET | Something supposedly unknown which is, however, widely known (4,6) |
| REDOLENT | Led tenor out, diffusing fragrance (8) |
| LEASTWISE | What the biggest 23 is, however (9) |
