| DEBILITY | Weakness of liberal, raised in god's embrace (8) |
| DEDALUS | Joyce's alter ego, in phase with male name ("boy raised in God") (7,7) |
| STEPHEN | Joyce's alter ego, in phase with male name ("boy raised in God") (7,7) |
| FIDELITY | Faith provided in hindsight, left in God's embrace (8) |
| MARXIANISM | In God's embrace, Christian and I mark ideas about class struggle |
| ZEALOUS | Devoted - many, not quite all, in god's embrace |
| NEEDLING | Short of Liberal dons? That's annoying (8) |
| LATITUDE | Freedom of Liberal view, one time dismissed (8) |
| GIRLHOOD | Early years of Liberal doctor raised by mobster |
| ROSEBERY | The Earl of ---, Liberal politician who was Prime Minister 1894-95 (8) |
| LAUGHTER | Mirth of liberal offspring losing head (8) |
| LAMENESS | Weakness of excuse could mean less when running around (8) |
| LEAPYEAR | Rebellious Tea Party rules after loss of Liberal trust in 2016, perhaps (4,4) |
| LEFTWING | Political position of liberal English newspaper popular with German nurses |
| SANSERIF | Type missing certain characteristics of liberal fairness |
| ALLIANCE | A couple of Liberals intended ousting leader in coalition |
| ALLNIGHT | Strange thing, supporting a couple of Liberals through hours of darkness |
| HINGLISH | Timeless stuff! Leader of liberals and his strange modern Indian lingo! (8) |
| SENILITY | Weakness of old age |
| SOFTSPOT | Weakness of visiting holy man: crowns from the east (4,4) |
