| TURNT | Under the influence, in modern slang |
| DRUNKEST | Most under the influence in wild Turk's den (8) |
| HIGHTAILIT | Run off under the influence in Bristol - trouble |
| RASPUTIN | Russian mystic who gained influence in the country in the early years of the 20th century while acting as faith-healer to the family of the Tsar (8) |
| ITT | Communications giant seen as the ugly face of US influence in Chile under the Allende regime (1,1,1) |
| POTTERSFIELD | Wizard's sphere of influence in the dead centre of the poor man's last home (6'1,5) |
| MASS | Property of an object measured by the amount of matter it contains, its resistance to changes in velocity and its influence in a gravitational field (4) |
| DIONYSIUS | Greek tyrant who opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies |
| QUAD | Group of nations (Australia, India, Japan, and the United States) formed to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. (4) |
| VIRUS | Corrupting influence in Rugby Union, in Six Nations, ultimately (5) |
| LOBBYIST | One who tries to influence in the entrance hall? |
| IMAM | Some proclaim a magnificent influence in the mosque (4) |
| OUTREACH | An organisation's influence in the community |
| SUEDE | Under influence in speech? It's material |
| MONEYTALKS | The rich have influence in economics lectures? |
| LOBBY | Seek to influence in the foyer (5) |
| LEADINGLADY | Top actress with influence in the upper chamber? (7,4) |
| KINGMAKING | Influence in the choice of a ruler |
| INHIGHPLACES | Among people of influence in the Andes perhaps (2,4,6) |
| SEGHOLS | Pronunciation marks in Hebrew, say, with a lot of influence in margins of scripts (7) |
