| LECTURE | Professor's discourse about ET, cruel as may be (7) |
| SECULAR | Ignoring God, as cruel as may be |
| OPERATE | Work on a musical drama about ET (7) |
| STATUETTE | Oscar, perhaps, would make an announcement about "Et tu ..." anyhow (9) |
| FETTER | Fret about ET becoming iron, say (6) |
| PREVENT | Ban no discourse about reproductiveness (7) |
| ARTLESS | Cruel, as you might say breathlessly, showing naivety (7) |
| SCHOLAR | Cruel, as outside the church (7) |
| DISCUSS | Discourse about |
| BEDROLL | Speak wittily, as may be needed for the camp (7) |
| MOLIERE | He wrote less about truth (as may be deduced) |
| GYRATED | Whirled around the gate, dry as may be (7) |
| DABBLES | In a trifling way practised in bed, bald as may be (7) |
| DABBLED | In a trifling way practised in bed, bald as may be (7) |
| TENSILE | Strength as may be required in steel construction? (7) |
| VISIBLE | After six, Eblis was thrown out as may be seen (7) |
| ITALIAN | One with a Latin translation, as may be expected (7) |
| ARSENIC | As may be seen regularly, Indian cars go up in smoke (7) |
| EVIDENT | I need TV adjusted, as may be seen (7) |
| ENRAGES | Makes red or green as may be |
