| FLATTERY | Take off over speech having missed the first sweet talk (8) |
| RESIDENCE | Villa, say: team in conference having missed the first half (9) |
| THEBLARNEYSTONE | Kiss first - sweet talk afterwards |
| MOCKORANGE | Take off over area of grassland and bush (4,6) |
| RERUN | Chance to see what you missed the first time |
| RIGHTFUL | Absolutely legal, but terrible having missed the start (8) |
| SYLLABLE | Unit of human speech having one vowel sound (8) |
| JACOBITE | Old rebel sailor in speech having zero effect |
| STALWART | Kick off over law broken by hard working individual (8) |
| EYESIGHT | Seeing score after 12 came off over, it's all right (8) |
| AMORTIZE | Write off over time, as an initial cost |
| ASTERN | Oriental, having missed the start, is at the back (6) |
| SWINEFEVER | First sweet Chardonnay leads to crazy excitement - as for the Three Little Piggies, it'll be the dea |
| NIGGLED | Worried man finally laughed, having missed the beginning (7) |
| RESUMES | Starts again, but takes for granted, having missed the beginning (7) |
| EGRET | A bird to rue having missed the start (5) |
| INRUSH | Sudden influx of popular crowd having missed the start (6) |
| REACH | Fish got from orchard, having missed the road (5) |
| EJECTED | Downcast, having missed the beginning when thrown out (7) |
| DRESS | Prepare speech having taken a day off (5) |