| CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | Counterfeit tobacco ruling covering Home Counties almost successful (5,3,2,5) |
| OFFSET | Printing method from newspaper covering Home Counties |
| HOARSE | Rasping, greyish frost covering Home Counties (6) |
| FORGET | Have no recollection of counterfeit tobacco's origin |
| NEARMISS | Almost successful shot (4,4) |
| SODDEN | Wet bit of ground covering home of the beast (6) |
| HONESTY | The best policy covering home in remote Orkney isle |
| MISS | Almost successful attempt to be close to young woman (4,4) |
| NEAR | Almost successful attempt to be close to young woman (4,4) |
| INSURER | One covering home with certain roof, originally (7) |
| SPINY | Thorny plant, say, covering home (5) |
| CSPAN | TV channel covering house deliberations, 2 words |
| IVANHOE | Title insurance, but not contents, covering house on front (7) |
| OUTREFALSETESTS | Counterfeit midterms with bizarre questions? |
| FOREIGNEXCHANGE | Counterfeit swap involving alternative currency transaction (7,8) |
| FORAGE | Counterfeit American capital inside for Hunt (6) |
| FALSEHOOD | Counterfeit cover for a lie |
| ICONIC | Counterfeit coin I see is recognisable by everyone (6) |
| SHAMEFUL | Scandalous counterfeit drug for flu, perhaps (8) |
| CASINO | Counterfeit coin as used by gamblers (6) |
