| Holding sway until finale goes wrong |
INFLUENTIAL |
| Hours of darkness, dreadful thing |
NIGHT |
| I've played in goal – was all green |
ENVIED |
| Keen on badminton, in part |
INTO |
| Knight knocked back German name, seeking Italian dish |
RISOTTO |
| Made tidy |
NEATENED |
| Motivational |
INFLUENTIAL |
| Person with a job tops student |
EARNER |
| Protest |
DEMONSTRATE |
| Pubs |
INNS |
| Quick joke |
ONELINER |
| Risky experience coming by river |
ADVENTURE |
| Saddled with fruit but no topping, to be coloured |
LUMBERED |
| Show matter's done badly |
DEMONSTRATE |
| Single-ship gag? |
ONELINER |
| Snake toxin |
VENOM |
| Space science |
ASTRONOMY |
| Space to secure a boat going backwards |
ROOM |
| Suitable career for the starry-eyed? |
ASTRONOMY |
| Thrilling experience |
ADVENTURE |
| Try in match |
TEST |
| Urges simple changes |
IMPELS |
| Yelp more around boss |
EMPLOYER |
| Zealous in advocating something |
EVANGELICAL |