| Clue | Answer | Why? |
| Wiggly octopus makes excuses (3-4) | |
| Annie's crazy, crazy! (6) | |
| Wild pines are backbone (5) | |
| Awe snores in middle of valley (6) | |
| Man about to be married eats bit of napalm for money (7) | |
| Milk and bit of tea stirred for Austrian painter Gustav (5) | |
| Tumbling one meter, moon keeps time (9) | |
| Pinniped followed by insect prevents penetration (7) | |
| Teuton destroyed manger (6) | |
| Newhart haircut (3) | |
| instructed gold coin in electrical engineering (7) | |