| STANDSTOLOSE | What the unpopular candidate does? (6,2,4) |
| STANDTOLOSE | What the unpopular candidate will do? |
| NERVA | Roman emperor who ruled after the assassination of the unpopular Domitian (5) |
| DEVILSADVOCATE | One debating the unpopular side |
| ARGUE | Have a disagreement with some of the unpopular guests |
| OUTNUMBER | More numerous than reports of the unpopular anaesthetic (9) |
| GOESTOPISCES | What the award for Fishiest Constellation does? |
| DONATESBLOOD | *What an unusual vampires does? |
| PUTSOUTFIRES | *What an unusual dragon does? |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | What one making a mad dash is, and does? Basic stuff |
| COUNTSNOISES | What a poltergeist investigator does? |
| MASTERPIECES | What chess expert does? Works of art (12) |
| CLEARSTHEAIR | Is this what environmentalist hopes green tax does? That clarifies a confusing situation (6,3,3) |
| CALLTHESHOTS | Show command as a decisive photographer does? (4,3,5) |
| STANDSAROUND | Pays for everyone's drinks, as motionless barfly does? |
| FACETHEMUSIC | Brave one's critics as conductor does? (4,3,5) |
| FALLSIN | What the soldier too near the edge of the bath on bathing parade does? (5,2) |
| RETAKES | What the photographer who messed up the rust shot does? (7) |
| TAKESABOW | Acknowledges the audience - is that what one of those on the fiddle does? (5,1,3) |
| HOLDSWATER | Makes logical sense...and what each of the answers to the starred clues does? |
