| HYDRATED | Hated getting unusually dry inside - happy to be this? |
| INGOODNICK | A prisoner might be happy to be this fit (2,4,4) |
| CLOTHED | Catholic reportedly hated getting dressed (7) |
| HOTANDBOTHERED | New trend hobo hated, getting agitated (3,3,8) |
| MERCURY | Copper inside happy example of 6-down (7) |
| REHYDRATED | Gave water to soldiers before unusually dry heat finally dissipated (10) |
| HEIGHHO | Male getting unusually high on love? Ah, well! (5-2) |
| CRITERIA | Retired Catholic getting unusually irate about Independent standards? (8) |
| RESTORES | Reinstates break before getting unusually sore (8) |
| TYPIST | Worker taken from pool, perhaps, getting unusually tipsy after short time |
| FOCSLE | Fellow getting unusually close in sailors' quarters (6) |
| GUT | The paunch that starts getting unusually tubby (3) |
| APROPOS | A rugby forward getting unusually large? That's pertinent (7) |
| REEDY | Unusually dry round central Greece - get piping |
| WATERBISCUIT | Rice it was, but unusually dry fare |
| DONKEYSYEARS | Unusually dry season restricts chief for ages (7,5) |
| HYDRATES | Moisturises as result of unusually dry heat and sun, principally (8) |
| CLEPSYDRA | What flows when measuring unusually dry places? |
| PROSECCO | Sparkling, unusually dry, white wine produced in northeast Italy |
| PUNDITRY | Unusually dry input for expression of expertise in a particular field (8) |
