| SUSTAINED | Send us it at first to be kept in action |
| AGREEMENT | Eager to change fellows thought at first to be in accord (9) |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | In the United Kingdom it's a crane fly but in Australia it's a house spider (and in the US it was a |
| OKAPI | It's OK aping it at first - then you have this creature to contend with! (5) |
| TAMIS | This strains at first to be in different forms |
| ADIEU | Foreign aide unhappy, at first, to be so long in Paris (5) |
| CREATIVE | I have to cater differently, at first, to be imaginative (8) |
| OCTOBER | Odd at first to be in credit for some time (7) |
| ABSORBENT | Spongy muscle needs at first to be covered in ice (9) |
| PRESENTER | Reps turn up to take enter, at first, to be a compere (9) |
| CARPI | Complain having it at first in the wrists (5) |
| VOICEOFDOOM | "Our dad would send us to our room / He’d be the ____" (Level 42, Running in the Family) |
| TAILFIRST | Some trifling reverses in flavour nearly send us back-to-front (4,5) |
| IDAHO | In America it had to be caught up in ten, one sees (5) |
| NEEDLESS | Numbers of patients seen at first to be unnecessary (8) |
| ENTHRAL | What artist keeps good books likely at first to be captivating? |
| STAGNANT | Grannie follows deer - trying, at first, to be still |
| SADIST | Unhappy at first to be one who enjoys giving pain (6) |
| FISHERMAN | Right chap, if he's confused at first, to be one with rod (9) |
| GOO | Turn out at first to be sticky stuff. (3) |
