| Clues | Answers |
| Account from men in country close to defeat | STATEMENT |
| Adherent’s first sin admitted | AGREED |
| Ale | BEER |
| Announcement | STATEMENT |
| Atmosphere | AIR |
| Autocrat | DESPOT |
| Blade taken though orange peel | EPEE |
| Boffin | EGGHEAD |
| Cannibal’s mum smarter | man-eater |
| Chelsea footballer causing danger | HAZARD |
| Clear-headed | SOBER |
| Clergyman confined outside bar | PREVENT |
| Conceded | AGREED |
| Cut fabric cost | LACERATE |
| Dairy product | MILK |
| Dictator keeps sulphur in warehouse | DESPOT |
| Divine beverage | NECTAR |
| Drink downed noisily at bar after opening | NECTAR |
| Encourage teacher and scholar | EGGHEAD |
| Equestrian event | DRESSAGE |
| Excellent singer finally in tune | AIR |
| Exploit leader in monied class | MILK |
| Femme fatale | man-eater |
| Fencing sword | EPEE |
| Fret | AGONISE |
| Girl from east has advantage | ASSET |
| Groom on time as horse moves | DRESSAGE |
| Gym expert demands silence | PEACE |
| Handle incorrectly | MISUSE |
| Harangue | TIRADE |
| Hinder | PREVENT |
| Idiotic | dim-witted |
| Is to deliberate about poor treatment | MISUSE |
| Jail (informal) | SLAMMER |
| Lift small duck | STEAL |
| Menace or threat | HAZARD |
| One in business makes outburst | TIRADE |
| Person from a nearby region | MAN |
| Plaits in hair | PIGTAILS |
| Prison’s fierce critic? | SLAMMER |
| Racing driver seen in three seconds? | MOSS |
| Rum goes in a rack | AGONISE |
| Solemn, so bishop goes with monarch | SOBER |
| Spore-bearing plant | MOSS |
| Staff | MAN |
| Strong point | ASSET |
| Stupid twit did me wrong | dim-witted |
| Swine and dogs in shock arrangements | PIGTAILS |
| Tear jaggedly | LACERATE |
| Thieve | STEAL |
| Tranquillity | PEACE |
| Worker perhaps rejoices at first drink | BEER |
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