| EIGHTSOME | Consumed a few, we hear, during dance (9) |
| SUM | Add up to a few, we hear (3) |
| FEUD | Fight involving more than a few, we hear (4) |
| ALLOT | Distribute quite a few, we hear (5) |
| DOUGHS | Have a nap, we hear, during bread-making essentials (6) |
| HARPISTS | Musicians getting drunk, we hear, during rash bender (8) |
| WEEK | Ineffective, we hear, during this period (4) |
| AGREEABLE | Nice time to pinch sailor during dance (9) |
| QUADRILLE | Lid Raquel removed during dance (9) |
| REBELLING | Heather on bishop during dance: it's revolting! (9) |
| LAUNCHPAD | Dwelling on meal having consumed a great starter |
| PINEAPPLE | Long drink very quietly consumed, a juice? |
| WOMENSLIB | Wife's so nimble during dance movement |
| CHACHACHA | Tails removed from three identical fish during dance (3-3-3) |
| NIGHTJARS | Near to edgy tycoons who've consumed a bit of whiskey - they're for the birds |
| FINGERNAIL | Touch small metal spike, one of a few we have to hand (10) |
| UHOH | Unsettling cry to hear during a haircut |
| SNORE | Noise one may hear during a sleep study |
| OOPS | Bad word to hear during surgery |
| RALE | What one hears during 20 is possibly real (4) |