| INTERRING | Planting mint without first making a mistake (9) |
| RUSTLE | Lures temptresses first making a slight soft sound |
| RATTLING | Fish tart cooked first, making a noise (8) |
| OVERSIGHT | Too much vision might lead to making a mistake (9) |
| DERRINGER | Making a mistake wearing the German pistol |
| DERRINGDO | Making a mistake to associate with Democratic party's boldness (7-2) |
| REFERRING | Alluding to umpire making a mistake |
| JAZZ | A snoring sound from Jack first making music! (4) |
| REMEDIAL | Phone engineers at first making things better? |
| LARGO | Old ship left first, making slow movement (5) |
| PREMIERE | English PM first making debut (8) |
| OTOSCOPE | Spot CEO wandering around often, at first, making medical equipment (8) |
| NEEDLED | Requirement came first, making one annoyed |
| ERRANDS | Err and swear at first making trips to the shops perhaps (7) |
| LWEI | Head for Luanda week ending the first, making ready there? |
| MEATLOAF | Bread, important part first making savoury dish (4,4) |
| ENDING | Am first making changes to the final chapter |
| BUSTLE | The French, bankrupt first, making fuss (6) |
| THEE | Article on etiquette's first making you old-fashioned |
| DEBTBOOK | Nothing OK following consumption - lying about bed first, making record of accounts (4,4) |
