| DINNERSERVICE | Material for courses beginning to detail less visible military force |
| CADET | Course's beginning on wrong date for trainee soldier (5) |
| MOUNTS | Horses for courses in Leinster, for example, and Saracens for the final (6) |
| BEFOG | Ask field officer inside to make it less visible (5) |
| ROUTE | Course beginning for the listener |
| OBSCURING | Former pupil's preserving meat and making it less visible |
| LATESCENT | Trail, after getting behindhand, becoming less visible (9) |
| RUG | By quitting sport, it'll make Balding less visible (3) |
| WANE | Grow less visible, as the moon |
| DEADEN | Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible. |
| BECLOUD | Make less visible or unclear (7) |
| OBSCURES | Makes less visible or unclear (8) |
| CLASP | Less visible part of a necklace |
| OBSCURED | Made less visible, clouded over (8) |
| LIGHTPOLLUTION | Modest contamination makes stars less visible (5,9) |
| ISLE | It must be from what is less visible at sea? (4) |
| WANES | At the end of June, elegant bird, sadly, becomes less visible |
| SMIDGE | Tiny bit, say, becomes less visible when tipped over (6) |
| WANED | Became less visible, in a lunar way |
| EDUCATE | Teach English University course beginning in time (7) |
