| SPIONKOP | Battle site a shade outside capital in Oman, inducement required to defend it (5,3) |
| TAINT | Spoil a shade outside (5) |
| SCOOTER | Traveller taking duck round capital in Oman (7) |
| MOIST | Damp haze enveloping capital in Oman |
| WRIT | Warrant ingenuity is required to defend rook (4) |
| INHUME | Bury Mike in shade outside (6) |
| HUMILIATE | Humble limit - a different shade outside |
| GARRISON | Troops stationed in a fortress town to defend it (8) |
| UNFOLLOW | In reference to a social media or networking site, a word meaning "cease to subscribe" or "defriend" (8) |
| BUDAPEST | Democrat leader meeting primates, but outside capital (8) |
| TROUBLES | Problems involving empty tenements outside capital of Belarus |
| MATERIAL | Significant chum with money in Oman (8) |
| LOSTFACE | Suffered humiliation, as woman has in Oman (4,4) |
| INSULATE | Cushion Brown left in Oman, possibly (8) |
| DISSERTATION | To a certain degree you have to defend it (12) |
| POORLYARGUED | Made a bad case for most of the drugs found at Paris airport and tried to defend it? (6,6) |
| NOSETOTAIL | Engineer on-site a lot, in a jam? |
| TAKESIDES | Cleverly site a desk to indicate one's preferred group (4,5) |
| HASHTAG | On social media sites, a word or phrase preceded by the 'number' sign to identify a topic (7) |
| VICKSBURG | Mississippi town, site a 1863 Civil War battle (9) |
