| ARROGATE | Wrongly assume a town lacks aspiration |
| AMUSES | Wrongly assume what a stand-up comic does (6) |
| OLE | Encouragement for Ballesteros, perhaps, if his target lacks aspiration? (3) |
| VILE | Depraved French town lacks heart |
| MISAPPROPRIATE | Wrongly assume maiden is suitable |
| SEAMUS | Wrongly assume he's an Irishman? |
| IGOR | Character that some wrongly assume Mary Shelley invented |
| HOOTIE | Name that many wrongly assume is Darius Rucker's nickname |
| MASSEUR | Wrongly assume right to be manipulator |
| USURP | Wrongly assume (power) (5) |
| DROPYOURAITCHES | Sound like 21, initially, and lack aspiration? (4,4,7) |
| DROPONESAITCHES | Show lack of class and lack aspiration, so to speak |
| ALNWICK | Northumberland town; lack win (anag.) (7) |
| USURPER | He wrongly assumes moneylender carries cash (7) |
| USURPERS | He wrongly assumes moneylenders carry cash (8) |
| WISEACRE | One who wrongly assumes an air of sagacity (8) |
| MASSEUSE | Wrongly assumes European clients lie about being manipulated by her (8) |
| SIT | A mode or spell of perching, posing or resting one's posterior on a saddle, settle, sofa, stall or stool; or, a somewhat Barbara Woodhouse-ish command to a dog to assume a similar such ensconced posit |
| JUMPINGJACK | A puppet-like toy figure of a man with limbs moved by a string; a leap in which one assumes a star-like configuration; or, a firework that erratically hops along the ground (7,4) |
| GANGPLANK | A bunch of crims assume a yoga position as a way to get on board (9) |
