| TRIVIAL | With tin opener, cooked ravioli, ignoring love of trifles (7) |
| AZIMUTH | Magazines' central feature, say, ignoring love angle |
| CORPULENCE | French composer, ignoring love in heart, being unduly weighty (10) |
| EFFORTS | Stabs with tin opener, doctor offers to come round (7) |
| THOUGHT | Notion, however, with tin-opener (7) |
| ONESELF | Coming back, piece of trifle's enough for me (7) |
| ENTREAT | Beg for a bit of trifle after unfinished dish (7) |
| CUSTODY | Porridge that's like a bit of trifle, orally (7) |
| PLAYSUP | Fools put drink at bottom of trifle (5,2) |
| INAPTLY | Play with tin scraps in an unsuitable way (7) |
| FESTOON | Decorative chain of iron, with tin also inset |
| THREEPOINTTURN | Sort of manoeuvre requiring time -- Ruth struggling with tin-opener (5-5,4) |
| MARIANA | Tramp's boxing arena rebuilt with tin - you can't get lower than that (7,6) |
| METALED | Covered with tin or steel, e.g. |
| TIEDOWN | Start to eat fare with tin cans in hamper (3,4) |
| STAPLEDIET | Side plate put out, with tin-opener, for basic food (6,4) |
| SKINT | Broke the casing with tin-opener |
| CATTLEGRID | Stock control girl acted strangely with tin-opener (6,4) |
| DELFT | Pottery split up with tin opener (5) |
| ARBORETUM | Tree garden plant to pierce with tin-opener inside (9) |
