| SUFFRAGE | Vote for unpolished man of wisdom, as Spooner might put it |
| FLYINGFOX | Big bat fooling insect, as Spooner might put it? (6,3) |
| MILKSOP | As Spooner might put it, QC cleaner's a weakling (7) |
| EARN | Starts to acquire wisdom as you will improbably notch several victories elsewhere - see 6dn (4,4) |
| AWAY | Starts to acquire wisdom as you will improbably notch several victories elsewhere - see 24ac (4,4) |
| BABYMINDER | As Spooner might say, perhaps folder required for parents' assistant (4-6) |
| SHAKEBAG | Cook bird in oven as Spooner might do it - a large fowl |
| POLLTAX | Charge to ring the bells of peace in Rome, as Spooner might have said |
| LEANTO | Supported building, somewhere youth can go, as Spooner might have it (4-2) |
| LIPREADING | Tear up as Spooner might say, looking for understanding ... (3-7) |
| HOLDBACK | Restrain impudent journalist, as Spooner might have said |
| ANIMATE | Revive cannibal's victim, as Spooner might 'ave said (7) |
| WAKEUPCALL | Notice coat near ceiling, as Spooner might say |
| SQUAREMEAL | Courses making horse screech, as Spooner might have said? |
| FLYPAST | Travel at speed, as Spooner might have said, in this display? |
| PIGSWILL | Refuse old Liberal's remedy, as Spooner might have said? |
| REBUFF | Refuse to act violently, as Spooner might say? |
| DEADLETTERS | Old laws guided those in arrears, as Spooner might have said |
| TOUCHDOWN | As Spooner might have described Arnhem landing? |
| DEADLETTER | Useless correspondence guided bankrupt person, as Spooner might have said |
