| Clues | Answers |
| An ancient more primitive love affair | AMOUR |
| Bad European function | SINE |
| Book on cycling was clean | SWAB |
| Competition adapted garden gnome’s cap, making end of pompom round | EGGANDSPOONRACE |
| Confrontation both sides of divorce intended | DEFIANCE |
| Crook runs away — suspect Den has to agree a deal | SHAKEHANDS |
| Detective essentially quizzing a Hawaiian, perhaps | PIZZA |
| Dig entertaining love film — it’s lyrical | POETRY |
| Discover pencil pusher giving away American code | ENCIPHER |
| Don’t change this without set-back during work — hurry | STEPONIT |
| Exciting novel out about international development | EVOLUTION |
| Firm returning some gadget a nit’s bought | OBSTINATE |
| George V and Edward VIII and maybe, Prince Michael of Kent | GRANDSON |
| Hide point of heroin needle — it can support one’s habit | COATHANGER |
| Higher direct debit for very quiet milk supplier | UDDER |
| Horny material in W. H. Auden’s introduction upset Nobel committee ultimately | WHALEBONE |
| In retirement, occasionally, spouse insults garage job | TUNEUP |
| Initially old puzzles appear quite unusual, even cryptic | OPAQUE |
| Kylie originally sang all but the opening — a flipping gold disc follows for this iconic Australian | KANGAROO |
| Looked into beginning to date after kiss on new year | XRAYED |
| Merseyside’s first safari park starting to change focus rapidly | ZOOM |
| One man cuts film out — losing all extreme characters — and finally appreciates Finding Nemo’s craft | NAUTILUS |
| Perhaps automatic starter sounded buff | KHAKI |
| Rope lassoing display of cowboy skill, mostly getting rusty | CORRODED |
| Ruin unloved folk instrument with interminable rock guitar | BANJAX |
| Scaremonger to skip eating refined butter | JITTERBUG |
| Seabird circling key tropical plant | TREEFERN |
| Seat getting lower at one end according to the notes | SOFA |
| You and I take no time with new exhaust | WEAKEN |