| DESPERATEDAN | Character in The Dandy (9,3) |
| BERYL | _the Peril, character in -The Dandy (5) |
| DESPERATE | - - - Dan, character in The Dandy comic (9) |
| YANKEEDOODLE | Rough sketch by American heading for the "Dandy"? (6-6) |
| PAULMCCARTNEY | In 2012, when the last ever printed copy of The Dandy was issued, who was depicted singing one of his songs, accompanied by 50 of the comic's characters? (4,9) |
| DUDE | The dandy is a failure before the start of the examination (4) |
| COMICS | The Beano and The Dandy, eg (6) |
| ANTS | The Dandy Highwayman's backing band, The ----? (4) |
| WEUSED | The Veronica Mars title theme is the Dandy Warhols tune, ... To Be Friends (2,4) |
| COMIC | Periodical such as The Beano, Bunty, The Dandy, Eagle, Jackie or Jinty (5) |
| GOTOFF | Went to sleep with a fair amount of the gore from The Dandy (3,3) |
| COXCOMB | The first comic with duck, mystery man and rake? The Dandy! (7) |
| NUTTY | 1980s British comic, later merged with The Dandy, whose most popular strip was the parodic Bananaman (5) |
| BEAU | It's neckwear, say, for the dandy (4) |
| FOP | Half open content from The Dandy (3) |
| SWELL | Plump for The Dandy (5) |
| DISQUIETUDE | Worry one's still into The Dandy |
| FOPPISH | Cold customer devouring old pages of the Dandy |
| FLASHMAN | School bully from The Dandy, perhaps |
| FLOP | Around 50, the dandy is a complete failure (4) |
