| TRADEMARK | First of them comment having taken in ad's distinguishing characteristic (9) |
| POSTURER | Curious route's taken in advertising for one assuming attitudes (8) |
| OVERDOSED | Dover does appear corrupted having taken in too many drugs (9) |
| GLADSTONE | Left has recruited young men, first of them becoming prime minister |
| EMBERDAYS | Ash Wednesday is understandably the first of them |
| DEBUT | What students may acquire, having taken in university, for start of career perhaps |
| WELLREAD | Healthy colour, we hear, having taken in a lot of work |
| EMMYS | Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale won the first of them in 1949 |
| ATTEST | The first of them in a poor state to give evidence (6) |
| AIRTIGHT | Excellent and correct, keeping first of them in, letting nothing out |
| TRAIT | Distinguishing characteristic that's carried in the genes |
| USP | Distinguishing characteristic of a product, for short (3) |
| MARK | Distinguishing characteristic of old German money (4) |
| SAFARI | One's back having taken in a distant expedition (6) |
| FLEECE | Swindle and run, having taken in the City (6) |
| BABY | Infant got by, having taken in a rating (4) |
| ASTATINE | A condition, having taken in something radioactive (8) |
| TREAD | Close to aghast having taken in what's on Pirelli? (5) |
| VISA | Pass through having taken in Slovakia's capital |
| CONSTANTINOPLE | Faithful Pole travelled, having taken in old city (14) |
