| POLITIC | Sagacious, well-mannered for the most part and in charge (7) |
| PITHHELMET | Position of control in key part - and in French tropical headwear (4,6) |
| GENERIC | Somehow green and in charge of a class (7) |
| CRYPTIC | Enigmatic, keen and in charge, set about exercising (7) |
| TOTEMIC | One 20, roughly, and in charge ___ sending a message? (7) |
| BUCOLIC | Rural club reconstituted and in charge around beginning of October (7) |
| SURLIEST | The most bad-mannered? Yes, for the most part, and doesn't tell the truth starting trouble! (8) |
| ONTOPIC | Relevant to being first on list and in charge (2,5) |
| ILLICIT | Unwell and in charge, before it is outlawed |
| FRESCO | It's raw for the most part, and cold going around for the last supper, for instance (6) |
| STRICT | Sabbath, Sting, for the most part, and one of The Cars demanding the rules are observed (6) |
| STATUS | Position of, for example, Mexico, for the most part, and America (6) |
| PONGEE | Soft raw unbleached silk from Shetland for the most part, and, for example, around Spain (6) |
| VOLATILE | There it is, heartless, backward, the pick of society for the most part and highly strung (8) |
| REPRESENTATIVES | Somehow rest, spies for the most part and veteran agents (15) |
| SAPIENT | Panties (anag) - sagacious (7) |
| SOLOMON | Bible's sagacious sovereign (7) |
| CAREFUL | Sagacious |
| KNOWING | Sagacious |
| TUNEDIN | Sagacious |
