| CIVILISE | Opening 18 across for sage heading off to socialise (8) |
| POWERSTATION | Generates lots of energy opening 18 across for the guards (5,7) |
| FRUITMACHINE | One might be gambling on this in opening 18 across for Greek character in Maine State (5,7) |
| MARMALADECAT | Preserve most of those opening 18 across for pet who has the look of Ginger? (9,3) |
| INTERACT | Certain characters somehow having time to socialise (8) |
| LIKEWISE | Have a fondness for sage, too (8) |
| INTERMIX | Get together to lay it to rest and socialise (8) |
| VEGETATE | Do nothing to oppose, for example, engineer responsible for 18 across, for instance (8) |
| STUNTMAN | Takes a risk for 18 across, for example, by falling for a star (8) |
| DAYCENTRES | Places for elderly people to socialise (3,7) |
| CONTROLS | Handles 14 and 18 across for openers (8) |
| HOBNOB | No end of pleasant activity, inviting small number in to socialise |
| RUBSHOULDERS | What masseurs might do to socialise? |
| HERMITS | The female's entertaining university folk reluctant to socialise |
| ALLMIXEDUP | Confused by everyone getting to socialise at English party up north (3,5,2) |
| BARNONE | Place to socialise with new individual without exception (3,4) |
| DAYROOM | Place to socialise in Scottish port gripped by terrible fate (3,4) |
| STOKER | Gothic writer beginning to socialise with pothead |
| PARTYANIMALS | A man's partly troubled about current types keen to socialise? (5,7) |
| UPSTART | University President starting to socialise with sour and unpleasant person (7) |
