| OFCOURSE | Naturally going almost completely in the wrong direction (2,6) |
| URANUS | Body (without wings, naturally) going round sun (6) |
| AUSTRAL | Our country almost completely in the south |
| NORMANDY | Wisdom carried the day almost completely in D-day landing place (8) |
| IVORY | At four, Conservative loses the head, going almost white |
| STEEP | Start each step going almost straight upward |
| UNLESS | If not almost completely in the shade (6) |
| ONCOURSE | Certainly going in the wrong direction, one French leader absent (2,6) |
| SIDESLIP | Team's effrontery is a move in the wrong direction |
| CLUELESS | Sign for takeaway completely in the dark (8) |
| REQUITED | Paid back though completely in the red |
| ALLUDES | Suggests Matt, in the main, is heading in the wrong direction (7) |
| IVANA | Former Trump partner in civilian aviation going in the wrong direction (5) |
| TOTHEHILT | Completely in the direction of the handle (2,3,4) |
| MEETS | Comes across as judge losing head, going in the wrong direction (5) |
| ABERRANCE | Lincoln rector originally managed church going in the wrong direction (9) |
| MISLED | Kool & the Gang hit that pointed them in the wrong direction? |
| ESOL | English education system to fail, going in the wrong direction |
| SURREAL | Bizarre mistake, going from city to country in the wrong direction |
| DOGTROT | Gentle pace wrong, being above all in the wrong direction |
