| OPENMIND | Requirement for clear reception |
| CLARET | From the Latin for "clear", word for light-red wine originally, later dark-red wine imported from Bordeaux (6) |
| SORTOUT | Arrange for clear up (4,3) |
| BROTH | Both have right ingredient for clear soup |
| SPUR | Stimulate some backing for clear-up session (4) |
| ESED | End for 'clear' or 'misty' |
| REASONING | Anger is no use for clear mental activity |
| ANCE | Suffix for clear or resist |
| DESSERT | Word from the French for 'clear the table' |
| OPENSEA | Expanse for clear sailing |
| CORALREEF | Swimming for clear heart of sea - to see this? |
| ADDICTION | It's time for clear speaking with regard to abnormal dependency (9) |
| ADDLEPATED | Having a rotten head for clear thinking? (5-5) |
| EAU | ___ Claire (city in Wisconsin whose name is French for clear water) |
| SERENE | From the Latin for "clear", a word used to mean fair, pure or unclouded, as of the sky or the air; calm, peaceful and tranquil; or, as part of a royal title, honoured (6) |
| OUTOFTHEWAY | Demand for clear road off the beaten track (3-2-3-3) |
| ETHER | Word for clear upper air originally, later a rarefied substance formerly believed to permeate all space; or, a sweet-scented volatile liquid (5) |
| CLAIM | Call for clear head to get mail sorted (5) |
| USERID | Requirement for computer access is good and clear |
| SSN | Requirement for a background check, for short |
