| EPITHET | Pete hit out with an adjective (7) |
| LITHIUM | Element, large one, hit out with hesitation (7) |
| SLAINTE | Sent one line out with an expression of good health (7) |
| OPENING | Starting out with an opportunity to fill a vacancy (7) |
| EMANATE | Come out with an Englishman at the end of June (7) |
| SURFEIT | Fit user out with an overabundance (7) |
| SANDMAN | He knocks you out with an extension to showroom walls |
| MORDANT | An acid or other corrosive used for the "biting" process in etching; an adjective generally meaning "caustic"; or, an adhesive for fixing gold leaf (7) |
| NOMINAL | An adjective in name only (7) |
| TALLEST | An adjective for Sears Tower |
| LATHI | The Parisian hit out with truncheon |
| IVANTHETERRIBLE | Believer hit out with rant against old tyrant (4,3,8) |
| TAI | CIA hit out with Chinese exercises (3,3) |
| CHI | CIA hit out with Chinese exercises (3,3) |
| LETHARGIC | Slow learner hit out with grace (9) |
| RELIEFMAP | Feel I'm worried, hit out with contoured chart (6,3) |
| THIRDTIMELUCKY | Hit out with dirt, end of the line in sordid hope for double loser? (5,4,5) |
| ALIBI | I bail out with an excuse (5) |
| MEACULPA | Paul came out with an admission of guilt (3,5) |
| OOZED | Came out with an outrageous ode about Australia! (5) |
