| MAHARISHI | The instructor, Mary Haig, rips shirts in half one by one (9) |
| ACACIA | A cactus chopped in half, one by a shrub |
| KETTERING | ___ Town FC, the first club to wear sponsorship on their shirts, in 1976 |
| OBLIVIOUS | Blind to what's plainly visible over half one's life (9) |
| CATCHESON | A shirt's in store, a kid sees (7,2) |
| CHEMISTRY | Experiment on short shirt in the name of science (9) |
| DOWNSIZED | The cotton shirt in the washer got ___ |
| BARETORSO | It's what one is left with if one loses their shirt in pub taking ecstasy with sculptured figure (4,5) |
| VELVETEEN | Very like some fairies to cover shirt in soft fabric (9) |
| FRANKFURT | Fine coat over sheer shirt in German city (9) |
| CHILLYTOP | T-shirt in the winter, e.g.? |
| SEPARATES | Jumper and shirt in view with school clothes |
| DRIVINGLESSON | In which the instructor won't wear the wrong gear (7,6) |
| TELEX | One half from narrator, other half one's separated from message |
| CHAFED | Fretted half one's life in the country (6) |
| DAVID | ___ Haig, actor joining the Downton cast for the film as the Royal Butler (5) |
| TUTOR | Could he be the instructor for the rankers? |
| PRIVATE | & 18Dn. Could he be the instructor for the rankers? (7,5) |
| TRAINING | Directing the guns, as the instructor is doing (8) |
| REVITALISED | Half one country's population in crammed housing given new lease of life? |