| TACKED | Diplomacy, we hear, is temporarily fixed (6) |
| RECESS | A period of time when a court of law is temporarily suspended (6) |
| REGENT | Engineers' man is temporarily in charge of the country |
| INHOCK | Where a pawn is temporarily sacrificed? |
| ACTSAS | Is temporarily |
| NEWBIE | A new bee we hear is only a rookie (6) |
| NEEDED | Joint flat, we hear, is required (6) |
| AERIAL | Ariel, we hear, is a part for broadcasting (6) |
| NICETY | Tastier drink, we hear, is a refinement ... (6) |
| METTLE | Perhaps lead, we hear, is showing spirit (6) |
| NAILED | Tact, we hear, is to move around and lie (6) |
| HOORAY | Cheer for who we hear is before the spotlight (6) |
| HIGHER | Rental, we hear, is more than before (6) |
| SOPHIE | Therefore, payment, we hear, is for newsreader Ms Raworth (6) |
| BARRED | The poet, we hear, is excluded (6) |
| PEDLAR | A cyclist, we hear, is a travelling salesman (6) |
| FAWNER | Flora's associate, we hear, is a sycophant (6) |
| WEIGHT | The lingering, we hear, is heavy going (6) |
| FLOWER | A meal, we hear, is set out in the garden (6) |
| WHALES | Wailer, we hear, is one who seeks blubber (6) |
