| PUERTORICO | Men in obscure picture start to overrun island (6,4) |
| LIBERIA | Largely free to overrun island country (7) |
| EXPLICIT | Once pictures start to get legal, leaving little to the imagination (8) |
| ROYAL | Splendid climbing plant starts to overrun roses (5) |
| ECLIPSES | Makes obscure picture about eating prunes |
| EPICURE | Big picture starts off up Rushmore exciting connoisseur (7) |
| FFESTINIOG | Unwinding, it's fine to be in obscure Welsh town |
| FOGSIGNALS | Sound measures to take in obscure situations |
| BEFORELONG | Poor loner in obscure surroundings soon (6,4) |
| DENMARK | Strange men in obscure Scandinavian country |
| WHIPSNADEZOO | Cats - a dozen, roughly - beginning to overrun animal enclosure (9,3) |
| THRUST | Confidently expect to overrun Hungary by force (6) |
| ALLEGORY | Symbolic picture in obscure gallery about love |
| FOGSIGNAL | Sound measure to take in obscure situations (3,6) |
| IDIOM | One related to love expressed in obscure turn of phrase (5) |
| PLAYHARDTOGET | Be reluctant to co-operate in obscure piece of drama (4,4,2,3) |
| ASOPTOCERBERUS | Bribe to appease potential source of danger in obscure seaport unfortunately (1,3,2,8) |
| RELIT | What's kindled again in obscure literature? (5) |
| REP | A traveller in obscure places (3) |
| EMMENTHAL | Blokes in obscure hamlet perforated cheese (9) |
