| ELUCIDATED | Torturous clue one saw explained (10) |
| DEFINITION | Element of clue, one I'd fit in deviously (10) |
| THUMBSCREW | Hitches company to something torturous (10) |
| IRONMAIDEN | Superhero charged with identity theft essentially in torturous case? |
| UNCLEREMUS | Rum clue one's composed with old neglected storyteller (5,5) |
| TOADSTOOLS | They're poisonous to pandas regularly, more than one saw? (10) |
| SPOTTEDDOG | There's a dessert, one saw, to follow (7,3) |
| OPULENCE | Clue one composed about power and riches (8) |
| ELUCIDATIVE | Case brought after unexpected clue, one providing clarification |
| ELUCIDATE | Clarify cryptic clue one meets at specific time of year |
| MASTERKEY | Superior clue, one readily admits! |
| CURLICUE | Flourish as scoundrel with dreadful clue one penned (8) |
| HAYES | See picture clue: One-time Big Brother contestant, Chanelle ----- (5) |
| NIALL | See picture clue: One Direction singer, ----- Horan (5) |
| EUCLID | Rewriting clue one offered finally for mathematician (6) |
| RIDICULE | Make fun of dire, short clue one composed |
| FINGERTIP | Touch on clue one's nailed! (9) |
| SIGNAL | Clue one's hidden in slang, perhaps (6) |
| ITCH | Torturous thing to have on that one part of your back you can't touch |
| RACKANDPINION | Torturous and gripping method of transferring power? (4,3,6) |
