| BRICKBAT | What, colloquially, is an unkind remark (8) |
| EARWIG | What, colloquially, is an eavesdropper (6) |
| DEADEYE | What, colloquially, is an accurate shot (7) |
| BOMB | What, colloquially, is an old car called (4) |
| BARFLY | What, colloquially, is an habitual hotel drinker (3,3) |
| FREEBIE | What, colloquially, is an item provided without charge (7) |
| DINOSAUR | What, colloquially, is something completely outdated (8) |
| DOGOODER | What, colloquially, is a well-intentioned, but often clumsy, social reformer (26) |
| ALEHOUSE | What an unkind person swallows, being boozer |
| SNIDE | Like an unkind remark |
| BARB | Ban broadcasts beginning with an unkind remark |
| BENICE | Rebuke following an unkind remark |
| CHEAPSHOT | Swindler getting terribly posh? That's an unkind remark (5,4) |
| SKINNERS | What, colloquially, are betting coups in horseracing (8) |
| CRETIN | What, colloquially, is a stupid person (6) |
| URGER | What, colloquially, is a racecourse tipster (5) |
| SHYSTER | What, colloquially, is a lawyer who uses questionable methods (7) |
| SPIV | What, colloquially, is one who lives by one's wits (4) |
| MATILDA | What colloquially is a tramp's swag called (7) |
| SPARKS | What colloquially, is a radio operator called (6) |
