| TREBLING | Time capital of Germany twice rebuilt, more than Dublin, roughly speaking? (8) |
| PALISADE | Fortification as a help to royal residents, roughly speaking? |
| ASPIRATE | When to knock off, roughly speaking? |
| PRESENCE | Bearing gifts, roughly speaking? |
| STARLING | Celebrity left in the capital of Germany with bird (8) |
| ALARMING | Frightening warning sound in the capital of Germany (8) |
| BERLINER | Person from the capital of Germany (8) |
| BREAKING | Smashing holiday in the capital of Germany (8) |
| CANNIBAL | Cow eating cow, perhaps: roughly speaking, is its mate able to? |
| CANOODLE | Pet — roughly speaking, a fool |
| JUNEAU | The capital of a US state? Have you any idea, roughly speaking? (6) |
| AND | (see 3)...prediction of 6 23's MO, very roughly speaking? (3,8,5,2,2) |
| BONN | One-time capital of West Germany (4) |
| THEBES | City and, for a long time, capital of ancient Egypt (6) |
| ALLTHEBEST | Good luck from everything initially taught about a one-time capital of Egypt (3,3,4) |
| PINAFORES | One capital of France, twice rebuilt, covering items (9) |
| RANDOMISED | One capital of Spain twice rebuilt, arranged by chance (10) |
| BRNO | One-time capital of Moravia |
| ISFAHAN | One-time capital of Persia |
| SITKA | One-time capital of Alaska |
