| SEDENTARY | Seen tardy and inclined to be seated a lot (9) |
| DOWNANDOUT | Bum seated, a fanatic about to perform (4-3-3) |
| SESSION | From "seated", a jam, meeting, seance, talkathon or other sitting (7) |
| PLACECARD | Indicator to a dinner party guest of where to be seated: 2 wds. |
| GODRESTYE | Carol's plea to the tipsy lads to be seated (3,4,2,5,9) |
| GENTLEMEN | Carol's plea to the tipsy lads to be seated (3,4,2,5,9) |
| ROSETINTED | Of a left-wing hue and inclined to be over-optimistic |
| LARGEMINDED | Generous - and inclined to be magnanimous (5-6) |
| INAPT | At home and inclined to be ill-suited |
| STINGY | Mean and inclined to be hurtful? |
| BANDSTAND | But players may be seated here in the park (9) |
| PLIABLE | Easy to bend and inclined to follow first person seen (7) |
| SETT | To cause to be seated (Sc) (in a badger home?) (4) |
| MERRY | Carol's plea to the tipsy lads to be seated (3,4,2,5,9) |
| SATE | How one used to be seated to glut (4) |
| ASTOR | First lady to be seated, in a sense (5) |
| LISTENED | Was attentive and inclined to absorb point after point (8) |
| CLEANED | Polished and inclined to follow Conservative (7) |
| LIKABLE | Good-natured and inclined to protect king (7) |
| NIPPY | Quick and inclined to bite? (5) |