| TURNOUTWELL | Unwell tutor to recuperate and end in a good state (4,3,4) |
| AIRILY | Tune, one with lovely start and end, in a casual way (6) |
| SQUIGGLE | Wavy doodle starts in a squirm and ends in a wriggle (8) |
| JOUISSANCE | Feeling of enjoyment that "begins with a tickle" and "ends in a blaze of petrol," per Jacques Lacan |
| LABOHEME | Opera which begins and ends in a garret |
| SAFEANDWELL | Swelled a fan about to be in a good state (4,3,4) |
| RECONDITION | To restore to a good state or working order (11) |
| URBANSPRAWL | Unrestricted city expansion ... and what begins in the circled letters (and ends in uncircled ones for you to find) |
| STIFFBACKED | Good state for books, achy state for us! (5,6) |
| RENOVATE | I have three flats in Trevone that are in a terrible state - I need to get them back into a good state of repair (8) |
| SAINTHOOD | Satin ensemble gets gangster in a good state (9) |
| MAINTAIN | Keep in a good state of repair (8) |
| ASCHAM | Scholar who dedicated his treatise Toxophilus to Henry VIII and, in return, was rewarded by said king with a royal pension and further honour of being assigned tutor to Prince Edward and Princess Eliz |
| INN | It's where you start and end in Dublin to have a drink (3) |
| NYNEHEAD | Last June, my nan, who lives in Hyde, was unwell and came to recuperate at our place near Langford Budville (8) |
| DWELL | Stay in place and end in favourable manner |
| DISHEARTEN | To make one spiritless, share it and end in disorder (10) |
| IDLETALK | I had let a lucky break start and end in vain chatter (4,4) |
| DECLINE | Laze and end in relaxed fashion in the westernmost Dutch province (7) |
| RAREFORM | Good state for a performer to be in |
