| RIGHTASRAIN | Conservative, like a god - popular and absolutely okay! (5,2,4) |
| RAINDANCE | God popular with Opposition? Nice, but one leaves desperate plea (4,5) |
| RIGHT | Having outfit with new hat, sat on nail and was absolutely OK (5,2,1,6) |
| INAPPLEPIEORDER | On pier, reapplied rigs; now absolutely OK (2,5-3,5) |
| DEADASADODO | Do add a dose - a shot - and absolutely no more |
| EUROSCEPTIC | I prosecute criminal Conservative like Jacob Rees-mogg (11) |
| INFAMONIZED | Popular and worried about (in order of merit, reversed) being given a bad name |
| AUTHORISING | Giving thumbs up to writer - one's popular and good |
| BEWILDERING | Grow more excited over popular and good puzzling |
| TEACHERSPET | Kid who may be both popular and unpopular |
| THECLOCKSBACK | "President Bush was asked how he came up with a conservative like Alito, and he said he got the idea |
| RIGHTMOST | Extremely conservative, like 8 and 20 here (9) |
| FOZZIE | Muppets character who Christopher Finch described as "a sweetly insecure and absolutely terrible comedian" |
| STONY | Having a small boy and absolutely broke (5) |
| ADONIS | A teacher is like a god! (6) |
| DEIFIED | *Treated like a god, in a reflective way |
| DIVINE | Have a meal about six, like a god |
| COURAGE | Bravery shown by Conservative, like peers we have (7) |
| RIGHTWING | Conservative, like Kyle Steyn (5-4) |
| ABRADED | Worn down and absolutely dead at the bar (7) |
