| KEYHOLESAW | Tool for cutting vital with hot, not cold, salad getting left out |
| GRAVITAS | Irish love is vital with apprentice missing spades in dignified manner (8) |
| SHRIMP | Be sparing with hot, not cold, seafood (6) |
| HURRIES | Cooks with spices (hot, not cold) getting runs (7) |
| EXITING | Going out, as it's hot, not cold (7) |
| ARTHRITIC | Inflamed painting expert getting hot, not cold (9) |
| GREENHORN | Like sprouts and maize, hot not cold, for a starter (9) |
| INAHURRY | Where one may find hot spices - hot not cold - readily |
| TEPID | Not hot, not cold |
| MILD | Not hot, not cold |
| HANNIBAL | General as one who would eat human flesh hot not cold! (8) |
| TURKISHBATH | Massage hurt back - it's hot, not cold here (7,4) |
| HAMPER | One in tent wants hot, not cold, food box (6) |
| HURRY | Scramble curry (hot, not cold) (5) |
| ACCOSTS | Grabs tacos prepared with filling of cold salad primarily (7) |
| TEMPERATE | Paddy had a meal, not too hot, not too cold (9) |
| COCKSURE | Cold salad course over the weekend produced in an arrogantly confident way (8) |
| GORIEST | Perhaps most gushing boasts getting left out, with time |
| BEARCUB | Shaggy-haired youth having hump with group, getting left out (4,3) |
| THAI | Indian meal getting left out for Asian national (4) |
