| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | A top for that head replaced without delay (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| ATONCE | Act One characters replaced without delay (2,4) |
| TALLBOY | A high type of chest-on-chest; a wineglass with a long midsection; or, a top for a smoky chimney (7) |
| SHORTSTOP | Summer pants and a top for the cricketer (5,4) |
| LAV | Tiny mic hooked to a top, for short |
| TOOLOW | Like pitches that head for the feet |
| ALLUSION | Mention a misapprehension that head has left |
| AGOG | Amazed that head girl had a go first! (4) |
| TARIFF | Celebrity blows top, assuming that Head of Finance is referring to tax |
| TETRAGON | Monster's head replaced by offensive figure (8) |
| CARRIAGE | Transport union's head replaced by Conservative, briefly (8) |
| COLLUSION | Reference sees head replaced by company complicity (9) |
| NOSTRINGS | Torn signs replaced without conditions (2,7) |
| LAMINATION | In test, rear of wall's replaced without protective cover |
| ADDLE | Get all confused when ladder replaced without right |
| BENNETT | Current PM, due to be replaced without another election (7) |
| PLACE | Replaced without the red being in position |
| STEREOTOMY | Too funny, in Beadle's name, having head replaced by stone mason's art |
| HIRSUTE | Like that head of his? True! |
| RIGHT | Shock that head is leaving? I'll say! |
