| MULBERRY | Turned sad, mostly, when employed in happy plant |
| TREE | "Happy" plant painted by Bob Ross |
| TREES | "Happy" plants in Bob Ross paintings |
| OILCAN | It stops squeaking in a Clio mostly when reversing (6) |
| WIELDED | We idled around when employed (7) |
| USED | Upright attitude suddenly adopted when employed |
| CLEANS | Valets maybe requiring energy when employed by families (6) |
| TRAYBAKE | No limit to marketability when employed making sweetmeat (8) |
| SERVANT | A domestic is civil when employed by government (7) |
| GETTINGABOUT | Travelling when employed as a boxer (7,5) |
| MASA | Money when employed by American is "dough" |
| INTHERAW | Stark naked when employed as a spy here... (2,3,3) |
| MAGNETO | It can generate megatons mostly when exploding (7) |
| ENEMA | People hostile mostly when facing a medical procedure (5) |
| WHEAT | Cereal we hate, mostly when cooked |
| BASICALLY | Mostly, when I ring number, lines close |
| SPEECH | What's given by earl, say, mostly when opening school? |
| PLECTRUM | Pick fruit around Crete, mostly when stoned (8) |
| DEAF | Like Beethoven, mostly, when he composed "Symphony No. 9" |
| PERAMBULATE | Reputable man mostly when rambling gets to walk around (11) |
