| GRACIOUS | What a surprise! Cordial! (8) |
| GOODGRACIOUS | My! A commendable cordial! (4,8) |
| DEPOSIT | Not money put down on a bottle of cordial! (7,7) |
| MINERAL | Not money put down on a bottle of cordial! (7,7) |
| WELLTODO | What a surprise! Put on a fuss, being wealthy (4-2-2) |
| WELLWELL | Spring after spring - what a surprise! |
| OOH | Decapitated a bear ___ what a surprise! (3) |
| YIPPEE | What a surprise! Old you held address for gym (6) |
| GOSH | Become quiet. What a surprise! |
| OHMYGOD | Spins good maiden over - what a surprise! (2,2,3) |
| MYTH | What a surprise! Half of that is fiction (4) |
| INDEED | Really - what a surprise! (6) |
| FORTHEBOOK | Attend literary launch? What a surprise! (4,2,3,3,4) |
| TURNUP | Attend literary launch? What a surprise! (4,2,3,3,4) |
| ISAY | Learner driver banned from one of the Hebrides: what a surprise! |
| ISAIAH | Book is excellent - what a surprise! |
| PHARAOH | Old king Herod's beginning to punch soldier - what a surprise! |
| GLOOMY | Depressed, I leave cold house - what a surprise! (6) |
| OHO | What a surprise! expression |
| EMMY | Award writer rejected -what a surprise! (4) |
