| INUSE | Star is back in, that is, being employed (2,3) |
| INURE | Run back in, that is, to harden (5) |
| NERVOUS | Star is back, taking over, terribly edgy |
| DELTA | Letter put back in that ledger (5) |
| CELESTA | Instrument back in that selection (7) |
| INANE | Putting bread in that is silly (5) |
| IRATE | Creature caged in that is furious |
| ECOLI | Mustard perhaps in that is revolting cause of illness |
| IMAGE | Periodical brought in that is showing picture |
| IDEST | Latin that is being translated. (2,3) |
| TIBET | Part of Asia that is being encouraged to supply leaders |
| TIEIN | Relationship that is being preserved? (3-2) |
| DOGMA | Kevin Smith movie that is being "held hostage" by Harvey Weinstein |
| CUTIE | Share that is being considered by most to be attractive (5) |
| STEER | Young castrated bull or male ox, especially one that is being reared for beef |
| ANNUL | Cancel year in French university, being employed by uncle regularly |
| THISBE | Pyramus is one of the main characters of the play-within-a-play that is being cast in 1.2. Who is the other? |
| TRNA | The form of RNA that attaches the correct amino acid to the protein chain that is being synthesized at the ribosome of the cell (according to directions coded in the mRNA). |
| TAXHAVEN | Uber utopia that is being lost in parts in the Caymans, say (3,5) |
| ISOTOPE | Element in certain form - very first to fill in that is |
