| CZARIST | Zulu entering estate maybe is threatening at first for despotic supporter (7) |
| HADES | Hell has space reserved for despotic leaders (5) |
| ESCORT | Bodyguard's cry of disbelief when entering estate |
| LENDAHAND | Help stop a horse entering estate |
| BARON | Prohibit working for despotic leader (5) |
| OMINOUS | Old man in stripped house is threatening (7) |
| CACKLER | Moose, caught up in estate, maybe one crying raucously |
| TENACRE | Like a good-sized estate, maybe |
| CARPORT | Estate, maybe, left here |
| TOWAWAY | Removal of an estate, maybe (3,4) |
| CAESARS | Old rulers, within estates, maybe, do what Canute couldn't? |
| IMPENDS | With devils around, death is threatening |
| YESORNO | Type of question for which "maybe" is an unacceptable response: Hyph. |
| BARRIER | Stockade maybe is more exposed blocking raid, oddly (7) |
| FLYLEAF | Insect and its dinner, maybe, is just inside the cover (7) |
| GAITERS | Maybe is great to get old leg protectors (7) |
| SIMPSON | Homer maybe is upset by politicians, old and new (7) |
| REGATTA | A target, maybe, is a boating event (7) |
| PLUMAGE | 9 maybe is missing such fruit over long period (7) |
| SCIENCE | Botany, maybe, is source of conversation among nieces possibly (7) |
