| SHEDLIGHTON | Help to explain insult about man with director in operation (4,5,2) |
| SHEPHERDING | High spender all about man with a crook (11) |
| CASTLIGHTON | Help to explain cost halting works (4,5,2) |
| STROBELIGHT | Insult about the first dress that's seen in flashes (6,5) |
| SELFCENTRED | Left screen nervously with director that's narcissistic? (4-7) |
| SPRINGBOARD | Launching point for season with directors (11) |
| SATNAV | At end of week van returns with director in car (3-3) |
| DEAN | Officer commanding swaps with director in ocean faculty position (4) |
| MEDIC | Doctor is first person with director in charge (5) |
| DISPIRITED | Stop imbibing whisky, say, with director in a glum state (10) |
| SHEDLIGHT | To ____ on something is to clarify or help to explain it |
| NARROWS | Chairman's back with directors in passage (7) |
| HARLOTRY | Worry about man with bad wife in immoral sexual activity |
| ILLUSTRATE | Help to explain tart flipped over in mishandling (10) |
| PHEASANTS | Rubbish about man with a tip for Simon Nye? (9) |
| REMEMBER | Have a flashback about man with hot coal (8) |
| LIGHTON | 24 and Clarify, help to explain (5,5,2) |
| THROW | Clarify, help to explain (5,5,2) |
| CUSHIEST | Extremely easy insult about attempts to hit coconut? |
| DISPOSSESS | Rob's insult about unprofessional law enforcement teams (10) |