| SESTERCES | Son obsessed essentially with flipping hidden Roman coins (9) |
| IMMOLATES | Kills time essentially with distance runner on evening shifts (9) |
| COUNTDOWN | Company with flipping nowt starts to do nicely until it ends with nowt (9) |
| INNUENDOS | Issues Don's seen with flipping Poles making insinuations (9) |
| INTERALIA | I learn it off by heart, essentially with other things (5,4) |
| LAKEGARDA | In Italy, a mere 50% of road rage takes place, essentially, with learner reversing |
| NUMBERCRUNCHERS | Maybe, one key point here essentially with society for statisticians? (6,9) |
| FEDUP | Surfeited with flipping Yorkshire, served with beef regularly |
| ODYSSEY | Poem about Ulysses essentially with happy ending (7) |
| ANGLING | Hanging out of windows, essentially with Rod above a canal? |
| ENROBE | Invest Henry essentially with medal (6) |
| STUN | Boxing match, essentially with star sees knock out (4) |
| OOMPH | Vitality shown by cook essentially with evidence of speed (5) |
| SKELETON | Left inside shooting Oscar winners essentially with few crew members (8) |
| HITECH | Essentially, 'with-it' echoes 'state-of-the-art' (2-4) |
| ODDMENT | Dishonourable discharge! Soldiers captured in photos essentially with rubbish (7) |
| PERSEPHONE | Underworld figure, essentially, with huge quantity of acid |
| PETERPAN | Open essentially with unhappy parent of an immature man (5,3) |
| AIGRET | Maid essentially with regret cutting a third of long plume (6) |
| BRAVO | Support Ivor essentially with an expression of approval (5) |
