| RUGATE | Wrinkled Matt, we hear, was a consumer (6) |
| ODEONA | Work that's outstanding, we hear, was a joke for a thousand drachmas a day (3,2,1,7,3) |
| WELLREAD | The waterhole was coloured, we hear, was a fact most people had literary knowledge of (4-4) |
| FARTHER | Dad, we hear, was a long way off (7) |
| DONATE | Present fellow was a consumer (6) |
| RATITE | Drunken rodent, we hear, was with the family of emus (6) |
| LUCENT | What Louis posted, we hear, was clear (6) |
| GREEDY | The dickens of a consumer was Oliver, they alleged, with a craw to call for more! (6,6) |
| GULLET | The dickens of a consumer was Oliver, they alleged, with a craw to call for more! (6,6) |
| TICKETAGENT | Mark was a consumer backed by man, one with reservations (6,5) |
| RUFF | A thug, we hear, was once collared by this! (4) |
| ATELIER | Was a consumer getting lounger for studio? (7) |
| PALPITATE | Rapidly beat friend – mine was a consumer |
| CANDIDATE | Contender Frank was a consumer (9) |
| LIST | Desire or inclination - that of 28, we hear, was little (4) |
| ELL | The letter, we hear, was more than three feet long! (3) |
| SKYBLUE | Island we hear was windy: shade provided |
| USURPER | Caesar we hear was one for example (7) |
| OWED | The poem we hear, was outstanding (4) |
| STARVE | Cease to be a consumer (6) |
