| LOANSHARK | Pay attention after hearing only son becomes disreputable businessman (4,5) |
| SOULMUSIC | Hearing only tunes of this genre? (4,5) |
| ATEOUT | Hearing only two wickets to fall, went for lunch (3,3) |
| PINBACKONESEARS | Pay attention: after nip, as it were, I burn |
| HAMMERHEADSHARK | Pay attention after a mesh harmed disoriented sea creature (10,5) |
| GAPYEAR | Somehow pay attention after finally taking time off from study (3,4) |
| LEAVEOVER | Reserve for later attention - after the holiday, perhaps (5,4) |
| GLISTENED | Sparkled when paid attention after finishing last |
| CEYLONESE | Old islander holding only son in cold regard |
| AIRYFAIRY | Fanciful, first-class railway journey's closer after hearing ticket price |
| NERDALERT | Playful comment after hearing someone infodump |
| LEVITATES | Declare capital's gone right down after hearing tax rises |
| STEELBLUE | Shade depressed after hearing of hijack (5-4) |
| KATYPERRY | She joked that she could never sing a certain hit song of hers again after hearing Kelly Clarkson's "Kellyoke" version of it last week |
| YOUSAIDIT | I completely agree with what's declared after hearing one of the flock lost the head with comedian (3,4,2) |
| SLOBBY | Put pressure on after son becomes loutish |
| STIFF | Petty quarrel after son becomes difficult (5) |
| PARSON | Cleric's hand over when first son becomes rector (6) |
| SPROUT | Shoot French writer once son becomes leader (6) |
| ENLISTS | Alarmingly silent son becomes soldier (7) |
