| LOCHNESS | Touring Switzerland, female with pride leaves current place of one of the 9 3 (4,4) |
| ELDORADO | Organised dole, set to abandon current place of riches? (2,6) |
| ACTING | Taking place of one of higher rank is putting on a pretence (6) |
| CROQUETMALLET | Alice used a flamingo in place of one of these in a lawn game |
| FOLIAGE | Leaves current area fringed by golf played close to range (7) |
| HARPY | Deprived of love, Marx has yen for one of the 9 3 (5) |
| ALAMO | Blowing cover, Somalian revolutionary leaves current mission (5) |
| WYVERN | One of the 9 3 disheartened wordy French author no end (6) |
| SAAB | Maker of the 9-3 convertible |
| SERGEANT | One of the 9, conductor said |
| WATCHOUT | Take care with a solicitor touring Switzerland (5,3) |
| HOMETOWN | Place of one's birth or current fixed residence |
| MOLDAVIA | Historic region and one-time member of the 9, capital Chisinau (8) |
| FINISHED | Fellow in current place to put tools is past it? (8) |
| REDBRICK | _ university, one of the nine 19th-century civic universities founded in English industrial cities (8) |
| JULIETTE | Actress Binoche who will be one of the nine judges at Cannes; others include Jeremy Strong and Leila Slimani |
| ENTHRALS | Captivates and enthrones Al in place of one (8) |
| ARCHIVAL | A challenger touring Switzerland regarding historical records? (8) |
| SINCIPUT | Wrong about current place for headpiece? (8) |
| WATERLOO | Current place to go, Battle (8) |
