| WARMEST | Western stream turns out to be the hottest (7) |
| NOMINEE | My own one turns out to be the one named (7) |
| EVICTOR | He turns out to be the winner by one point (7) |
| BARKING | Pear growth ring tube Ken got turned out to be the from the incorrect one - like a dog making a noise at nothing (7,2,3,5,4) |
| EVEREST | Always set out to be the highest (7) |
| STIPEND | Object after tips turn out to be the salary (7) |
| LOOSEST | Common toilets set out to be the most slack (7) |
| GABRIEL | Big Lear is out to be the archangel (7) |
| SUMMERY | Akin to the hottest of the four seasons (7) |
| DOGDAYS | The hottest period of the year (reckoned in antiquity from the heliacal rising of the star Sirius) |
| TROPICS | Solar turning-points are the hottest regions (7) |
| DEMON | The doctor in the end turned out to be the real baddie (5) |
| RUNTS | Turns out to be the smallest of the litters |
| WREN | New king turns out to be the smallest of them all, according to local folklore. (4) |
| TREE | Pear growth ring tube Ken got turned out to be the from the incorrect one - like a dog making a noise at nothing (7,2,3,5,4) |
| WRONG | Pear growth ring tube Ken got turned out to be the from the incorrect one - like a dog making a noise at nothing (7,2,3,5,4) |
| UPTHE | Pear growth ring tube Ken got turned out to be the from the incorrect one - like a dog making a noise at nothing (7,2,3,5,4) |
| ANTONYM | Not many turn out to be the opposite (7) |
| RUNT | Turn out to be the smallest of the litter |
| GENERALELECTION | A telegenic loner turned out to be the people's choice (7,8) |
