| CHAT | Took cornet out of trench coat or that's the talk online (4) |
| BEEF | Isn't out of benefits or that's the criticism (4) |
| VIBE | Unadvisable to get rid of landaus or that's the vague feeling (4) |
| PLEA | Mount Blanc rising over foundation of gorge or that's the claim (4) |
| DRIP | Writing in decline - or that's the leak? (4) |
| SLIT | Kind of trench used in warfare |
| ARIA | No plankton in national park - or that's what I heard from the diva? (4) |
| OBIT | Nothing opens bolt in trailer or that's what was said in passing (4) |
| NEWS | Starting for all sides today or that's what's been said reportedly (4) |
| FRONTPAGENEWS | Face call-boy with fresh point that's the talk of the town (5,4,4) |
| TOUCHBASE | Turns up, most of the racket is from university for the French or that's the indirect inference (5,4) |
| FEELINGATHOME | Getting one's feet under the table or that's the opinion of The House perhaps? (7,2,4) |
| PSYCHOLOGY | The type of subject that sticks in the mind or that's the current thinking about the situation (10) |
| PREREQUISITE | Most of the short preparation is about who in France gives work to the builders or that's the proviso (12) |
| IMPRESSION | What the mimic is capable of or that's the feeling? (10) |
| KISMET | King is joining the forecasters or that's the writing on the wall? (6) |
| RAINSTORM | One of the downsides of The Cloud or that's part of the forecast (9) |
| CAUSECELEBRE | Controversial issue that's the talk of the town (5,7) |
| CYCLEWAY | Washington behind revolution on Fourth of July or that's the line The Greens are promoting (8) |
| RAI | Algerian pop music that drew its name from the Arabic for "opinion" or "that's the thinking, here's the view" (3) |
