| SWISSROLL | Cake for European character, say (5,4) |
| DESIGNATE | European character breaks engagement for show (9) |
| DUCHESSES | European characters announced grand ladies (9) |
| INTEGRITY | Good character, say, enters Trinity, drunk (9) |
| IDEOGRAMS | Chinese characters, say, creating a grid some decrypted (9) |
| ROADHOUSE | 1989 film in which Patrick Swayze's character says, "Pain don't hurt" |
| ALPHA | Leading European character in local pharmacy |
| CHILEAN | South American or European character offering little reward |
| AMBIENCE | A doctor in church nurses European character |
| THETA | That problem with European character (5) |
| HUCKLEBERRYFINN | Clerk with ruby? He agitated a European character (11,4) |
| GAMMA | European character finally needing car service around 2,000 (5) |
| SPAREPARTS | They replace European character involved in disputes (5,5) |
| SCORPIO | Sign of cross almost knocked European character over (7) |
| MUSCAT | Get lost following European character in Asian capital (6) |
| RESIGN | Give up right to face European character (6) |
| XANADU | Promised land, European character receives an abandoned airfield (6) |
| YUGOSLAV | European character's back on throne, engaging "nothings" (8) |
| MANDARINCHINESE | Asian characters with bureaucrat seen struggling to comprehend European character (8,7) |
| SLOVENE | European characters from Brussels love Neighbours (7) |
