| OLDMANSBEARD | Husband, small and imperial, perhaps climber (3,4,5) |
| ROSE | Perhaps climber climbed (4) |
| EXHIBIT | Show former partner and husband small piece about island |
| PERMING | Giving a wave to page, monarch and imperial family |
| SILK | Ancient trade route linking China and Imperial Rome, the ... Road |
| OLEOS | Blue Bonnet & Imperial |
| SWITCHBOARDS | Small and enchanting woman has meals for centres of communication (12) |
| MOLLFLANDERS | Fern, small and old, represented in novel (4,8) |
| TWOPIZZATEAM | Work committee designed to be small and short-lived |
| LEADINGLIGHT | Most prominent person could be small and charming here? |
| CREEPYCRAWLY | Mistakenly replace y with w in 'yell' to find something small and unpleasant |
| HAYSTACK | Pile - has something small and sharp and unknown inside? |
| SCARAB | What's small and caught by Egyptian, perhaps? |
| MIGNON | Small and dainty starters of mince, gnocchi and onions |
| PETITE | Small and dainty dog, perhaps, that's finally kept inside |
| SWINE | Rat's small and white, perhaps |
| TUBBY | Small and fat like a small cask (5) |
| STUBBY | Small and plump or short and broad (6) |
| HERRIOT | Vet whose semi-autobiographical books were adapted into the film All Creatures Great and Small and a television series of the same name (7) |
| PLOUGHMANSLUNCH | Irish pool staff, small and large, getting into party drink and food (10,5) |
