| AUTOCRAT | Despot in car, more or less despicable type (8) |
| NICER | Conservative kept in check after U-turn, less despicable (5) |
| SILKWORM | Despicable type under QC is producer of material (8) |
| SWINDLER | Con man, despicable type, steals 550 rupees (8) |
| ALEHOUSE | Local, a despicable type welcoming pardon? (8) |
| MILEOMETER | I'm in the car - more elite, travelling over motorway |
| CROFTER | Self-sufficient Scot vacated car more frequently in past |
| DICTATRESS | Female despot in charge regularly toasty in gown (10) |
| OVERSTEER | Turn (car) more sharply than desired |
| MOTORED | Used car more, DoT having moved (7) |
| BARGE | Big heavy car, more at home on the canals! (5) |
| IDIAMIN | Ugandan despot in the 70s (3,4) |
| TYRANT | Despot in the party ran things terribly (6) |
| HARDATWORK | Busy being a despot in the office? (4,2,4) |
| SPORTSCAR | Incomplete cell at college consumed by old despot in fast vehicle (6,3) |
| ANTIPODES | A despot in foreign, diametrically opposite territories |
| IVAN | Terrible despot in vain manoeuvres (4) |
| INDICATOR | At home, despot's in need of temperature gauge (9) |
| SEVEN | Model name for Austin's classic small car; more than a quarter of a million were built between 1922 and 1939 (5) |
| SOANDSO | Despicable type soon getting short when bringing in Cockney workers (2-3-2) |
