| EXACTORS | They insist on having retired performers (8) |
| EXACT | Retired performers, to be precise? |
| BOYS | They insist on being themselves! (4) |
| INDEMAND | Trendy characters insist on having what's highly sought after |
| DEMANDER | One insists on having revolutionary left-winger identified |
| TURNEDIN | Retired performer associated with online row? (6,2) |
| APPETITE | Old man, having retired, has little desire for food (8) |
| BEHEADED | European leader having retired, like Louis XVI (8) |
| RETRACES | Goes back over sporting events, having retired earlier (8) |
| EMERITUS | Vacated the chair, having retired, then resume it by arrangement (8) |
| PAGANINI | Italian barman and female, seen through one window, both having retired ... (8) |
| ABEDNEGO | Fiery man having retired has gone mad |
| STICKLERS | They insist fussily on about fifty gummed labels (9) |
| ASSERT | Insist on having one's opinions or rights recognized. (6) |
| DEMAND | Insist on having |
| ENFORCE | Insist on having some children for celebration |
| TIMID | At first they insist musician is definitely retiring |
| STANDONESGROUND | Insist on having stadium seating at United fit for a king to sit in (5,4,6) |
| DEMANDS | Insists on having Med sand to play with (7) |
| HOLDSONESGROUND | Insists on having a handful of soil? (5,4,6) |
