| OXYTONE | Protege perhaps primarily obsessed by a post yet unfilled (7) |
| ASST | Job for a protege, perhaps, briefly |
| LIEDTO | Stretches out to touch down by a post and fakes a CV (4,2,4,1,3) |
| LANDAJOB | Stretches out to touch down by a post and fakes a CV (4,2,4,1,3) |
| POSITION | Place occupied by a post (8) |
| PATOIS | Man or woman primarily obsessed with one's jargon |
| CURASSOW | Dog and donkey primarily obsessed with crested bird |
| SCHOLARS | Erudite professors or their proteges, perhaps (8) |
| OILLAMP | Producer of light opera, perhaps primarily about Lima, playing around Lima |
| COCONUT | Shy thing, one obsessed by Chanel? (7) |
| RURALLY | Are you completely obsessed by HS2, say, in the sticks? (7) |
| RIDDLER | Batman villain obsessed by curly questions (7) |
| HAUNTED | He'd brought aunt in, obsessed by guilt (7) |
| DWELLON | Be obsessed by man - stifling bore! |
| VACANCY | Unfilled post in Virginia prison, extremely cushy (7) |
| BACKLOG | Accumulation of unfilled orders (7) |
| CARDSHARP | Who has ace and ten, perhaps primarily hoaxing a royal pair? |
| BEE | Thing with a sting in a bonnet one is obsessed by (3) |
| VACUOUS | Unfilled |
| LACUNAE | Unfilled spaces |
