| INTHEEVENT | As it turns out |
| DECIDE | As it turns out, EEC did determine it |
| INTROVERT | One who's withdrawn from river no IT, as it turns out (9) |
| BILGE | Big deal if ad has been axed - as it turns out, it's rubbish |
| ESSAY | Literary work? Yes, as it turns out |
| FIENDISH | Diabolic? Finished, as it turns out |
| OVERTOP | As it turns out, prove to surpass |
| FERMATSLASTTHEOREM | Tester of maths realm, as it turns out |
| SWAN | Ugly duckling, as it turns out |
| MERMAID | Madison in "Splash," as it turns out |
| CASTE | Hindu class, etc, as it turns out (5) |
| ENOUGH | Adequate? No huge, as it turns out (6) |
| SENIOR | Older and nosier, as it turns out |
| AFTERALL | Apparently last, as it turns out |
| AGAINST | Nag, as it turns out, because opposed (7) |
| INTRUST | Safe place for money, as it turns out (2,5) |
| SIXTEENACROSS | Here censors censor sex, as it turns out (7,6) |
| CONSECRATOR | I"ll give blessing to one Roman Catholic twice, as it turns out (11) |
| CEREBRAL | In class, as it turns out, be rare intellectual |
| CHACONNE | Music for Spanish dancing? No chance, as it turns out |