| KLEPTOMANIACS | People with the recurrent urge to steal (13) |
| KLEPTOMANIA | Sadly like a top man's recurrent urge to steal |
| EARLMARISCHAL | Scottish title held exclusively by people with the surname Keith |
| KLEPTOMANIAC | Man to pickle (anag) - one with an urge to steal (12) |
| THIEVE | Anyhow, I've the urge to steal (6) |
| NOTARIES | People with the legal authority to witness the signing of documents to make them legally valid (8) |
| MAINTHEME | I mean to weave them into the recurrent pattern (4,5) |
| TICKTOCK | Child's word for a timekeeper that shares its name with a dandelion blowball; or, the recurrent beat or click made by said chronometer (4-4) |
| IDOLATERS | Lad gets involved with Tories, people with the wrong beliefs (9) |
| SIMS | Popular game with virtual people, with "The" |
| LASTSUPPER | Painting of 13 people, with "The" |
| HORSESFORCOURSES | The right people with the right skills for specific activities |
| REPORTERS | People with the power of the press |
| BURDEN | Weight is the recurrent theme (6) |
| RENAULTCLIO | Car whose TV commercials featured the recurrent characters Nicole and Papa |
| PATTERN | Man meets bird is the recurrent theme (7) |
| ONION | Source of the headline "Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race of Skeleton People," with "The" |
| WHITE | Sandy Mackendrick's work with those people with the annuities adjusted (3,3,2,5,4) |
| SUIT | Sandy Mackendrick's work with those people with the annuities adjusted (3,3,2,5,4) |
| MANIN | Sandy Mackendrick's work with those people with the annuities adjusted (3,3,2,5,4) |
