| AFLYONTHEWALL | Unseen observer is a pest on partition (1,3,2,3,4) |
| SUNSCREENS | Paper on Partition by Old Bob presumably saved many a skin (10) |
| SWALLOW | Fall for pig on partition (7) |
| FRUITFLY | To go hell for leather after being in a jam can be a pest on a date (5,3) |
| HEADACHE | What a pest - on top of everything else it's a misery! (8) |
| BUTTERCUP | Cow, perhaps, a pest on the lawn (9) |
| GREENFLY | Aphid commonly occurring as a pest on garden and crop plants (8) |
| ASITWERE | A model? The Observer is, in a way (2,2,4) |
| FLY | Unseen observer, ... on the wall |
| SPECTATING | Keeping an eye on what The Observer is doing (10) |
| EYEWITNESS | Observer is extremely stale, yet news is hot (10) |
| APHID | A degree - being without one is a pest |
| APHIS | A drinking establishment is a pest |
| PARASITE | Hanger-on is a pest, built up with air (8) |
| ANNOYER | Return of osprey on natural enclosure is a pest (7) |
| MOSQUITO | Sailor on leave in the centre of Yarmouth is a pest |
| FLYONTHEWALL | Unseen Observer article with lines knowing about everything (3,2,3,4) |
| EYELET | The observer is permitted to hold the lace (6) |
| APIA | City where the Samoa Observer is headquartered |
| EYE | An observer is the first person we hear (3) |
