| DIXIE | What is a mess tin also known as (5) |
| FESTOON | Iron and tin also included in deck (7) |
| SNAFU | Mess tin: article half full (5) |
| AUGEANSTABLES | Awfully at sea, as bungle is a mess for Labour (6,7) |
| MORASS | What Kim Kardashian has, reportedly, is a mess |
| PICKLE | What they serve with cold meat is a mess (6) |
| CANTEEN | Is it possible that adolescent is a mess? |
| LOOKINTO | Examine toilet with mess tin, OK? (4,4) |
| INTO | Examine toilet with mess tin, OK? (4,4) |
| LOOK | Examine toilet with mess tin, OK? (4,4) |
| SMITHEREENS | Little bits present in mess tin, gone off |
| STYMIE | Hold up is a mess on motorway at first exit (6) |
| ISTANBUL | City, being blunt, is a mess |
| TANGLE | This, if ignoring his approach, is a mess (6) |
| SPLATTER | Second dish is a mess (8) |
| HASH | Horticulturist's first tree is a mess (4) |
| OPIATES | Poet is a mess: must be the drugs! (7) |
| SLATTERN | Last out: the bird is a mess (8) |
| STY | This place is a mess |
| CAFETERIA | Ultimate in music, song about festival is a mess (9) |
