| MOUNTAINEER | Person taking risks for a rise, but after initial deduction remuneration is poor |
| RESIDUE | You're due for a rise but this is all that's left for you |
| COVERTLY | Openly but, after initial crisis, in secret (8) |
| DARER | One taking risk for live in doctor (5) |
| BETTER | Person taking risks on course improved (6) |
| CREATURE | Being in credit getting article with initial deduction (8) |
| MARINA | Dock my allowance? Remuneration is not ample, for starters! (6) |
| RISOTTO | Rice dish, a bit of a risk for a German (7) |
| ENTREPRENEUR | Person who takes the risk for a new business (12) |
| PUTUP | Give a rise, but it's fraudulently concocted (3,2) |
| ROLLINGPIN | Equipment belonging to baker trying to get a rise, but short of time, on peg |
| DEBUT | A first night for a budding star - but after Ed makes comeback (5) |
| DISPROVING | Daughter is allowing dough to rise but showing that it is incorrect (10) |
| STING | On-the-job risk for a beekeeper |
| IRIS | A girl I'd take some risks for (4) |
| FUR | When rabbits are very young, they have soft, cottony ___ (but after a few months, they begin to grow a sleeker coat) |
| NETHERAVON | My first husband, a leading novelist, lived in Trevone, but after we split up he moved to a place near Durrington (10) |
| REDLAND | My dad got a large place in Arne but after three years had passed, he moved to a suburb of Bristol (7) |
| OPHELIA | She loves "The Prince", but after work he's endlessly a deceiver (7) |
| UNGUENT | A silly tune, but after the gunplay it's soothing (7) |
