| POTTERIES | Wizard dines regularly on special plants in Staffordshire (9) |
| THEATRE | Dine regularly at first in the playhouse |
| HERBGARDEN | Female, one of the Bee Gees, by forest where special plants grow (4,6) |
| SPY | Yard behind special plant (3) |
| TECHNICAL | New look at chi in Lancet is based on special expertise (9) |
| THEATRICS | Articles on special effects, say, for putting on a show? |
| EXPEDITED | Hurried east by Port Elizabeth to Despatch first, on special diet (9) |
| ALLERGENS | In Poitiers, go to get information on special substances that provoke reaction ... |
| ADMISSION | Entrance a daughter on special journey? (9) |
| EMBASSIES | English male singer that's on special official missions (9) |
| NATURISTS | They're barely seen on special beaches! (9) |
| AYRUNITED | Football team agreed to continue on special diet (3,6) |
| JOSSSTICK | Lit up on special occasions for Chinese Idol staff (4,5) |
| TASKFORCE | Working party on special mission (4,5) |
| PRICELESS | Wonderfully absurd, to put on special offer? |
| RADIONICS | Excellent Greek philosopher on special pseudoscience |
| LICHFIELD | Cathedral city in Staffordshire which only has letters from the first half of the alphabet in its name (9) |
| UTTOXETER | Town and racecourse in Staffordshire (9) |
| NEWCASTLE | When under-Lyme, this market town is in Staffordshire (9) |
| PARTYDOWN | Standard barb about end of democracy - one of those rolled out on special occasions? (5,4) |
