| ADLIB | Dry out ladybird, in a way that's off the cuff? (2,3) |
| READYWIT | Study community foundation briefly with a sense of humour that's off the cuff (5,3) |
| MODERNART | First from Mondrian, or a trend that's off-the-wall, might it be? |
| SIDING | Supporting a cause that's off the main track |
| NEST | Home that's off the earth? |
| PIE | Pressure that's off the chart? (3) |
| READYTOWEAR | Cash column includes article that's off-the-peg |
| RAGER | Party that's off the hook |
| CHIMERA | Ring half-cut para for an idea that's off the wall (7) |
| ECORESORT | Vacation spot that's off the grid? |
| ROADTRAIN | Choo-choo that's off the rails? (4,5) |
| READYMADE | Unoriginal type of garment that's off-the-peg (5-4) |
| BEETLE | Insect studied in coleopterology such as a ladybird or may bug; a traditional wooden potato masher; or, the model of the car "Herbie" (6) |
| INSINUATE | Hint is in a tune that's off-key (9) |
| AEROBE | Organism needing oxygen - found in a beer that's off? |
| NANTUCKET | A new fold in trawl that's off Massachusetts coast (9) |
| AVERSIONTHERAPY | Makes assertion, in theory wrongly, about a pressure that's off-putting for patient |
| ELVES | The - and the Shoemaker ; story in the Ladybird Books series adapted from one of Grimms' Fairy Tales (5) |
| SPOT | Any one of the markings of a ladybird or leopard; a small quantity of something such as lunch; a polka dot; or, fictional puppy created by Eric Hill (4) |
| SPOTS | Markings such as a Dalmatian's flecks, an English setter's speckles, a ladybird's dots, a leopard's rosettes or a peacock's ocelli (5) |
