| SNAFFLE | Catch some Tolkien readers, perhaps, being taken aback |
| UPSCALE | Clue spa differently for Tatler's readers, perhaps |
| RELIEVE | Interrupt, always being taken aback about story (7) |
| PSYCHIC | Tarot reader, perhaps |
| SELFISH | Mostly flog salmon, perhaps being greedy (7) |
| MEDICAL | One caught splitting gold, perhaps, being clinical (7) |
| UNARMED | Made run perhaps being defenceless (7) |
| DRONING | Grind on, perhaps, being monotonous (7) |
| FORESEE | Anticipate primary school class perhaps being overheard (7) |
| ALLYING | Joining Capone, perhaps, being deceptive (7) |
| ORANGES | So, perhaps being out of range, you can't eat them (7) |
| CENSURE | Telling-off for perhaps being insecure without one (7) |
| DAMAGED | Dad's out of the game, perhaps, being injured (7) |
| BARKING | Save Lear, perhaps, being mad (7) |
| BANDANA | Book with three articles about big character of Dot Cotton perhaps being spotted in Square (7) |
| CARPOOL | Drivers sharing complain, ladies perhaps being rejected (3,4) |
| HANGDOG | Suspend setter, perhaps, being downcast? |
| DEMUR | Felt sad about being taken aback about source of musical object (5) |
| READ | Take in some Tolkien |
| ELFIN | Like some Tolkien characters |
