| TESSERA | Woman has hesitation getting a bit of mosaic |
| PUMA | Pawn has hesitation getting a cat (4) |
| LUCKY | Like a chap getting a bit of a kiss in a girl's embrace (5) |
| ODDS | Chances of a detective sergeant getting a bit of food? (4) |
| CAKESTAND | Madeleine's getting a bit of colour on top of the dunes putting Madeira on a pedestal (4,5) |
| TESSELLA | Group turned up to flog a bit of mosaic |
| ERIN | Island getting a bit of a battering (4) |
| ELYTRON | See temperature with man getting a bit of a bug? |
| GLUE | Stick getting a bit of tension out of muscle |
| LEANTO | Shed getting a bit of a clean today |
| ALUMINIUM | A student has hesitation getting skirt acceptable in metal (9) |
| SHEER | The woman has hesitation being transparent (5) |
| CUTOFFWITH | Disinherit youngster when upper-class humorist, getting a bit of a laugh, came in and died(3,3,4,1,3 |
| NOODLE | London almost going mad, with prince finally getting a bit of a dish |
| THORN | Undecided about getting a bit of holly ___ it's a sharp plant (5) |
| COLORADOBEETLE | Insect with American hue getting a bit of food maybe, eating plant |
| BOUILLI | Stewed meat in course, mostly foul, getting a bit of indigestion (7) |
| RELIEVED | Feeling better, having depended on getting a bit of love (8) |
| TROPIC | King stops subject getting a bit of latitude? |
| APIECE | Each getting a bit of something (6) |
