| SEDUCTRESS | Perhaps, siren from the opening part of second exhaust pipe on ship |
| VERB | 5 years oddly cut back from the opening part of sentence (4) |
| CONTRACTIBLE | The opening part of the play in Corn Belt possibly can be shortened (12) |
| ALLCLEAR | Perhaps siren call distracted king in play (3,5) |
| WEARY | Suspicious about vehicle's second exhaust (5) |
| CREDO | From the opening words of the Apostles' statement of Christian principles, "I believe", a term for a canon, doctrine or other set of beliefs (5) |
| BREACH | Opening part of a firearm, by the sound of it (6) |
| CHANTER | The pipe on a set of bagpipes on which the melody is played (7) |
| ADEN | City that benefited greatly from the opening of the Suez Canal |
| NONMUTUAL | One-way lane's opening part of the year running east to west (9) |
| LAMPOON | Make fun of Frenchman opening part of race naked? (7) |
| SPARING | Economical inclusion of key in opening part of an Italian composition (7) |
| ARMSANDTHEMAN | Play by George Bernard Shaw, set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid |
| NOEL | Forename of a dramatist who wrote a play that takes its title from the opening line of an ode by Shelley: "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" (4) |
| OPERATE | Work from the opening through to the tea break (7) |
| INTRO | One torn from the opening passage of music (5) |
| CLINK | Cracking opening part of series in prison (5) |
| STROPHE | Female holding up opening part of choral piece |
| TENABLE | Opening part of travel permit that's sound (7) |
| DRIFTNET | One catches school members opening part of dark web after break (5,3) |
