| OHMAGE | That was surprising, priest's resistance (6) |
| AMBUSHING | Morning with ex-president in headgear was surprising (9) |
| ISAIAH | Book is excellent, that's surprising (6) |
| HONCHO | Big kahuna, high on cocaine - that's surprising (6) |
| CHEEKY | Fresh chapter that's surprising and ultimately funny (6) |
| BODICE | Surprising price dip in South African novel (6,6) |
| RIPPER | Surprising price dip in South African novel (6,6) |
| HADRON | Subatomic particle that's surprising PhD by never spinning (6) |
| FATBOY | 3 - eating nothing, it's my flab that's surprising? (6,4) |
| ORCHID | An elegant bloom such as the lady's tresses or Venus slipper that, despite its delicate beauty and exotic allure, has a somewhat surprising or curious etymological root (6) |
| HATRED | Surprising dearth of enmity (6) |
| LUSTRE | Distinction is a surprising result (6) |
| MELODY | Notes it's surprising to receive returned payment (6) |
| SUDDEN | Surprising big-chested European appears in tabloid (6) |
| NESSIE | Surprising sense one attributed to legendary Scots figure (6) |
| SOWHAT | Pig required with pork-pie, perhaps - is that surprising? |
| SPRING | Resilience shown when you break the surprising news (6) |
| DILATE | What pupils can do in surprising detail (6) |
| MYWORD | Surprising that I give it to show promise (2,4) |
| UPSETS | Overturns surprising results (6) |
