| PRIMER | A first coat for Premier who abandoned the East (6) |
| SALAH | Egyptian-born forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Egypt national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is the captain of the Egyptian national team. (6) |
| DISRAELI | Statesman who abandoned being a solicitor to become a novelist before serving twice as a UK prime minister (8) |
| DRUMMAJOR | Brake attachment for premier band leader (4,5) |
| SHOWERPROOF | Mad professor who abandoned south once, resistant to downfall |
| AVENUES | Approaches middleman for premier, sought after location |
| EROS | Lover who abandoned Psyche |
| PRIMED | Given a first coat of paint (6) |
| RENDER | Cover with a first coat of plaster (6) |
| STALIN | Premier who represented the Soviet Union at the 1945 Yalta Conference |
| LESTER | ____ B. Pearson, Canadian premier who won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize (6) |
| UMBRIA | Here, I hesitate to say, boy has abandoned the North (6) |
| RESIDE | Live there, having abandoned the party (6) |
| DETECT | Discover I've abandoned the investigator (6) |
| PLAYER | Paint's first coat, one involved in a game (6) |
| GROUND | Put the first coat of paint on anchor (6) |
| RABBIT | Teacher has to endure after town he'd abandoned - the buck stops here (4,3,6,4) |
| RENDERING | Giving a performance like a first coat of plaster (9) |
| RENDERED | Plastered with a first coat (8) |
| PRIMING | A first coat of paint (7) |
