| ENTERTAINED | Treated nine badly, but kept them amused (11) |
| WELLINTENTIONED | Having benign motive, I twice let down nine badly? (4,11) |
| BABYSIT | Yet this is not what you do to keep them amused while mum's away (7) |
| DELAYED | On this day, Ed met the French and kept them back (7) |
| ORPHEUS | He joined the Argonauts, and his music kept them from peril. On his return, he married Eurydice, who was soon killed by a snakebite. He followed her to the land of the dead. Hades, king of the underwo |
| INSOMNIA | Kept them up late at night in Irish leader's mansion, composing these letters |
| ELASTICBAND | It's balanced badly but it will hold, at a stretch |
| INGOODTASTE | Popular 2, stated badly but entirely proper (2,4,5) |
| NORIGHTTURN | Torn, and hurting badly, but only straight or left (2,5,4) |
| TAKEONTRUST | Ken to start out badly, but to believe without proof (4,2,5) |
| IDLED | Started the car, but kept it in park |
| CINEMAS | Where people are entertained but kept in the dark (7) |
| LAYLOW | WELL BUT KEPT QUIET |
| STRAYED | Wandered off, but kept out of the air terminal (7) |
| DEALT | Made alterations, but kept on business inside (5) |
| BUILT | Made one pound but kept out of it (5) |
| TETCHY | Snappish twenty lost heart but kept score (6) |
| LIAISED | Is ideal, tricky but kept in touch (7) |
| MODERATED | Being fashionable, scolded but kept it within bounds |
| BRACELET | Pair rented out but kept within arm's length (8) |
