| PRICIER | The pair is cooler, but more expensive (7) |
| ISFAHAN | City is cooler, but with hot area inside |
| ICIER | It's cooler, but more risky, to go topless (5) |
| TWOAPENNY | A copper following the pair is of little value (3,1,5) |
| POOR | Bad eggs (two of them) the pair is protecting (4) |
| FLATTERED | Second one of the pair is in, fed and buttered up (9) |
| SUNSPOT | Dark region that, at around 6,500 degrees Fahrenheit, is cooler than the area surrounding it |
| ICECUBE | 9 is cooler (3,4) |
| FANPALM | Tree that is cooler, in hand? (3,4) |
| ITEMISE | Romantic pair is beginning to examine list (7) |
| ARDUOUS | You and me succeeding a right pair is difficult (7) |
| PROWESS | Pair is in debt to Bob for expertise (7) |
| TIGHTER | At end of cloudburst the rig is moving but more firmly fixed (7) |
| SANJOSE | Dionne Warwick asked if you know the way to this city, possibly the capital of Costa Rica, but more likely the one in California (3,4) |
| CALIPER | Remade replica - but more than one is required for measuring (7) |
| NUTTIER | Like a professor in the cinema, but more so? Teachers bank on it (7) |
| THINNER | Solvent but more drawn (7) |
| GREENER | Less mature but more ecologically sound (7) |
| COARSER | A score, possibly right but more vulgar (7) |
| OBTUSER | Rambling rose, but more dull (7) |
