| ACCLAIMS | Welcomes allegations - under a cloud at first (8) |
| AMORE | It makes you "dance down the street with a cloud at your feet," in a 1953 hit |
| OVERCAST | ... and too many players, at some stage, are under a cloud (8) |
| SUNSHINE | Polish paper from the start could be under a cloud (8) |
| CAULDRON | Wrongly under a cloud, due painfully to depart in large vessel (8) |
| MISTREAT | Under a cloud, rat entertains drug abuse (8) |
| GRANDEUR | The majesty of King George under a cloud? |
| ASPERSED | Made false allegations about a new press journo |
| ACCUSERS | They make allegations, for instance, about carbon copy presented by employer (8) |
| AVENGERS | Makes allegations about English righters of wrongs? (8) |
| EXCLAIMS | Cries about former allegations? (8) |
| FOG | Known at sea as haar or fret, cloud at ground level whose similar condition, haze, contributes to a red sky at sunrise or sunset (3) |
| MUDDYING | Damaging allegations, very eager to produce obfuscation |
| CHARGERS | King engulfed by allegations as fighting mounts |
| REBUTTAL | Actual victim blocks statement contesting allegations |
| DEFENSES | Allegations |
| CIRRUS | A thin, wispy, fibrous cloud at high altitudes (6) |
| ALTOSTRATUS | Dense greyish layer cloud at a height of 20007000 metres (11) |
| GNATS | Unwelcome cloud at a picnic |
| STRATUS | Cloud at an altitude of 2,000 to 7,000 feet |
