| KASBAH | Citadel in, for example, Algiers (6) |
| CLIQUE | Indication of intelligence in, for example, this coterie (6) |
| PRAISE | Minimal salary increase in, for example, good job! (6) |
| SANITY | Reason fool is taken in for example (6) |
| REGENT | Rent takes in, for example, monarch's adviser (6) |
| EASING | A transgression used in for example relieving the pressure (6) |
| EARWIG | Leader's agent removes wires inside in, for example, a bug (6) |
| IGNITE | Digs up metal found in, for example, iodine from fire (6) |
| ALTERS | Takes in, for example |
| SASHAY | Strut surely has wood in for example |
| IDENTICAL | The very same citadel in disarray (9) |
| NEWCASTLE | Recently discovered citadel in place on 11 |
| DIALECT | New citadel, in a manner of speaking (7) |
| KREMLIN | 12th-century citadel in Moscow (7) |
| MACHU | ___ Picchu Incan citadel in Peru |
| ACROPOLIS | The -; ancient citadel in Athens, site of the Parthenon (9) |
| DREGS | Remains for doctors to take in for example (5) |
| EKING | Relations coming in, for example, for husbanding (5) |
| THEKREMLIN | Citadel in Moscow containing the offices of the Russian government (3,7) |
| ENISLED | Erected citadels in Europe, somewhat isolated |