| ELEGIST | Writer, say, English are inclined to defend say |
| PROFANE | Inclined to defend footballers being vulgar (7) |
| TERRITORIAL | Inclined to defend one's established area (11) |
| BIRD | Say English composer meets American composer in walk through London (8) |
| DELIASMITH | Say English composer never existed as iconic figure (5,5) |
| BEARLA | How do say English (language) in Irish? (6) |
| GRAHAME | Greene, say, English novelist |
| SIEGE | Blockade is strangely, say, English |
| REJOICE | Take pleasure in note going to Irish writer, say (7) |
| ECHO | "I'll get back to you", says English child with love (4) |
| ESSAYIST | Writer says it's nuts to support English (8) |
| EAT | English are tense ___ that's cause to worry! (3) |
| EULOGY | Ugly roundabout the English are first to praise |
| AVERSE | Agrees the English are reluctant to (6) |
| TESSERAE | Backtracking, English are ready to impound small, small pieces |
| ENGARDE | English are about close to defeated so prepare for attack |
| FOOTLOOSE | With 12-inch toilets, English are free to travel (9) |
| DETERRENCE | Discouragement of Parisian introducing Roman writer, say |
| PENGE | Writer, say, raised in suburb (5) |
| RANSOM | Price paid for release of children's writer, say? (6) |
