| POTENTATE | Put about ten in the tea-pot for the VIP (9) |
| PROMULGATE | Publish, put about (10) |
| FAIRYTALE | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9) |
| OFNEWYORK | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9,2,3,4) |
| MARCHHARE | A character in the tea party scene in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (5,4) |
| DROPSCONE | The one served by the butter-fingered waitress in the tea-room? (4,5) |
| SWEETENER | Eastern doubly eclipsed by western brews - something in the tea? (9) |
| ATLEISURE | As a rule, is played in the tea-break, without hurrying |
| HOTTENTOT | Species of fig was a hoot in the tea tent! |
| CAMELLIAS | Flowers in the tea family |
| TWENTYTWO | This sounds like forty minutes past ten in the evening? (6-3) |
| EXERTS | Reset about ten in the order that applies pressure (6) |
| SENTUP | Made fun of about ten in the drink (4,2) |
| OXON | Nothing on, about ten, in the county (4) |
| TONYBLAIR | Former British Prime Minister who at 43 was the youngest to enter No 10 in the 20th century (4,5) |
| KNOWITALL | see 32dn, 1974 single by Stevie Wonder that reached number 10 in the UK |
| SENTENCE | A few words - about 10 -in the scene requiring alteration (8) |
| VALISE | There's A£1 in the pot for the bag |
| SWELL | Big wave for the VIP (5) |
| EAST | Direction found in the tea leaves? - No the tea strainer (4) |
