| CLOBBERED | Hit journalist with clothes first |
| SOCKED | Hit journalist with item of clothing (6) |
| LOWGEAR | Unhappy with clothes first, say |
| GEAR | Clothes first or second, perhaps? (4) |
| CLEAN | Wash clothes first, then rest (5) |
| STUFF | Word for material for making clothes first, later matter generally; belongings; or, worthless ideas (5) |
| TRIPS | Take off clothes, first to last, making short journeys (5) |
| LAUNDERED | As corollary, journalist over American city dealt with clothes or money (9) |
| DRAGS | Pulls a shot deer off the hill on the first day with clothes in tatters (5) |
| PACKING | Stop first of Greeks filling case with clothes for travel (7) |
| LAUNDRY | Where did lady run with clothes? |
| DRESSREHEARSAL | Practice foreplay with clothes on! (5,9) |
| SKIT | Sketch of soprano with clothes on (4) |
| TONGS | Gripper to clothe pole with clothes (5) |
| QUANTITIES | Fashion designer, one with clothes items ___ ten, twenty, ...? (10) |
| NUDIST | One with clothes-trophobia? |
| COMMONLAW | Possible description of wife, with clothes on: large |
| ADDRESS | Lecture a daughter in connection with clothes |
| GARDA | Kerry's busy with clothes, mostly, and hairdo |
| AIRER | A redhead admitting anger with clothes drying frame (5) |
