| EMERITUS | Will Sue merit having title when retired (8) |
| ILLUSE | I will sue over abuse (3-3) |
| ASSESSOR | When retired broadcasting brothers should get insurance man (8) |
| BUTTERED | How to serve toast, say, when retired? (8) |
| DEBONAIR | Urbane director receives an honour when retired (8) |
| SATSUMAS | Have to, when retired, like fruit (8) |
| SARAJEVO | Capital a judge has visited in the past when retired |
| OWNER | One admits to having title (5) |
| UNCROWNED | Dethroned despite having title in sort of nude environment (9) |
| OWNING | Having title but due around beginning of November (6) |
| ABSALOM | Faulkner title, when doubled |
| NAMASTE | Greeting by title, when introducing a second time |
| MMM | Canadian band Crash Test Dummies tune title, when repeated |
| TRIPLETIME | Waltzers keep this prime title when dancing (6,4) |
| LOSECOUNT | Mislay man of title when tally fails? (4,5) |
| ADA | Name that becomes a title when bookended by m's |
| MICHAELCHANG | American tennis player who became the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 |
| SALESFORCE | It doesn't always work; in 2022, Marc Benioff, who founded this firm in 1999, reassumed the sole CEO title when Bret Taylor stepped down as co-CEO after just one year |
| GETSAT | Liking golf when retired causes annoyance (4,2) |
| EGGON | Snogged, when retired, suppressing urge (3,2) |
