| JEREMIAD | The writer in Paris about to get angry, one involved in tale of woe |
| PERSEVERE | Keep on striving despite father in Paris about to make a cut (9) |
| HEROISM | Homer is involved in tales of this? (7) |
| UPINARMS | Wheeling the pram in ourselves, about to get angry (2,2,4) |
| LETTRE | Communication from Paris about to be taken to north European |
| GOMAD | Before noon bitten by pet, about to get angry (2,3) |
| MAGI | Wise men have a month in Paris about the end of spring (4) |
| TETEATETE | Small meeting of heads in Paris about opening of academy |
| ROALDDAHL | Author of many of the stories in Tales of the Unexpected (5,4) |
| UNAWARE | Oblivious, a female in Paris about a state of conflict (7) |
| POE | Author of the stories collected in "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" |
| CALAMARI | Shout in Paris about a certain Tibetan fried appetizer (8) |
| RIDERLESS | Missing one in the saddle, as is the writer in 14 (9) |
| LUKE | Fellow producing article in Paris about our country (4) |
| DUKE | Fellow producing article in Paris about our country (4) |
| DOBATTLE | ... struggle initially when you get here ___ time to stop tale of woe (2,6) |
| EMEND | Change the text to find the writer in conclusion (5) |
| HARDLUCKSTORY | Tale of woe, as difficult chance goes to waste around close of play (4-4,5) |
| DIESELFUEL | Will the writer in EU lie about Germany coming first to power? (6,4) |
| TRIUMVIRI | There at the start the writer, in spirit, takes six runs with independent group of rulers (9) |
