| ACIDROCK | Distorted notes in passport, say, held by a decrepit thing (4,4) |
| ISOLATED | Extremely tardy to fill in passport, say, in the middle of nowhere (8) |
| CROC | Small reptile, decrepit thing with no tail (4) |
| DOUBTFUL | Unsound bit of funnel in a decrepit old tub (8) |
| ABRASIVE | Harsh answer by earl after British endorsement in passport is withdrawn (8) |
| ACCURATE | Precise copper in a decrepit car |
| LEGO | Toy bricks, say, held by beginners in learning ordinarily (4) |
| HOUSEOFCOMMONS | Windsor, say, held by Greens for this chamber? (5,2,7) |
| SPOTON | Tea, say, held by cutlery item? Exactly right (4-2) |
| NIAGARA | Commander, say, held by unstable Rani, falls (7) |
| BEGUM | Muslim lady, say, held by American sponger (5) |
| UTOPIAN | Ideal shirt, say, held by classy man (7) |
| STUDENT | Undergraduate, say, held up journalist in act to get publicity (7) |
| DISCHARGE | Release James, say, held back by accusation (9) |
| BANGER | Did a boy feel resentment about having a decrepit old car? (6) |
| LEANTOS | Temporary shelters, last one in a decrepit state (4,3) |
| VISA | Document in passport is obtained in Virginia (4) |
| FLORA | Vegetation in state where passport, say, is missing (5) |
| SIDLING | Slinking away leaving passport, say in Shanghai (7) |
| PYRAMID | It's a wonder lover hasn't American passport, say (7) |