| PLASTICSURGERY | Artificial medical centre gets cosmetic improvement (7,7) |
| PUBLICHOSPITAL | A pill botch-up is wrongly connected with medical centre (6,8) |
| MAKEUP | Concoct item for cosmetic improvement (4,2) |
| FACELIFT | Change of life, in reality, was a cosmetic improvement (4,4) |
| RHINOPLASTY | Pain shortly transformed into cosmetic improvement (11) |
| NOSEJOB | After a breather, task is a cosmetic improvement (4,3) |
| BEAUTY | Labour Party negotiating with EU - this might produce cosmetic improvement (6,7) |
| PARLOUR | Labour Party negotiating with EU - this might produce cosmetic improvement (6,7) |
| FACELIFTS | Prepare to find one's level in cosmetic improvements? (9) |
| CHUBBY | Fat college head at the centre gets by (6) |
| CLINICAL | Man taken to health centre gets cold (8) |
| RHUBARB | Republican centre gets support backing cobblers |
| SWITCHBOARD | Call centre gets stick, disinterested on the phone |
| GYM | Fitness centre gets your money upfront (3) |
| COHERE | Fellow in the centre gets stick |
| CHURCHMOUSE | Service centre gets computer accessory, poor one |
| LLAMA | A shopping centre gets returned animal (5) |
| NASAL | Congested US research centre gets final deferral (5) |
| SATAYS | Saturdays: take-away centre gets Malaysian meals (6) |
| CHORE | Husband in centre gets dull task (5) |