| TRANSPIRE | Partner is desperate to become known |
| LOACH | Scholar at heart desperate to become a film director (5) |
| HASWELL | Ruby __, girlfriend of Ali Spencer who's desperate to become a mother in Emmerdale (7) |
| RELEASE | With calmness left about to allow to become known |
| GETTHEPICTURE | Paparazzo is desperate to understand |
| NATURALLY | Aunt is desperate to get better of course (9) |
| EMERGE | Girl, say, returns to become known (6) |
| LEAKOUT | Lake, perhaps, to become known |
| ACQUAINTED | Gave good service about odd way to become known (10) |
| CAREER | Economics graduate Finn Barton is desperate to develop his in Emmerdale (6) |
| BERNICE | __ Blackstock, Dales woman who is desperate to take over the Woolpack after mum Diane moves overseas (7) |
| SIENNA | Hollyoaks woman who is desperate to track down her long-lost daughter (6,5) |
| CARMEL | Chester woman who is desperate to have a baby with fiancA Jim McGinn (6,9) |
| CHIANG | In 1934 around 100,000 Chinese communists under the leadership of Mao Tse-tung retreated 10,000 km from the Nationalist Army of ... Kai-Shek in what was to become known as the Long March |
| UNFOLD | To become more clear as details become known, reveal (6) |
| ANTISEPTIC | Cold patient is desperate for treatment to prevent infection (10) |
| BISCUIT | Cub: it is desperate for something to eat |
| TANAKA | His brother is desperate for him to bring up his baby niece Abigail in Neighbours (6) |
| DAVID | His brother is desperate for him to bring up his baby niece Abigail in Neighbours (5) |
| DOORDIE | Opening date that is desperate (2-2-3) |
