| MAIDENAUNT | Man united, somehow, with a single relative |
| EXORBITANT | High cost of living holds single relative back |
| INANELY | Single relative goes to cathedral in stupid way (7) |
| ATMOSPHERIC | Compare this somehow with a pervasive mood |
| ANOMALOUS | Atypical soul, somehow, with a lack of qualification |
| MYLIPSARESEALED | Pleased, somehow, with a miserly "no comment" |
| EOLITH | Hit Leo somehow with a stone... (6) |
| LYMPHOCYTE | They comply somehow with a component of the immune system |
| HANSELANDGRETEL | All the anger ends somehow with a fairy story (6,3,6) |
| NEWYEARSDAY | Yes, end war somehow, with a conclusion to hostility when resolutions come into effect? |
| MAGNET | Get man somehow with this means of attraction |
| GAMES | A gym complies somehow with sports event (7,5) |
| OLYMPIC | A gym complies somehow with sports event (7,5) |
| DESSERTSPOON | Man has to press on, somehow, with production of cutlery (7,5) |
| EKES | Manages somehow, with "out" |
| TREAD | Trade somehow with tramp (5) |
| EPOCHAL | Cope somehow with Harry coming of age |
| ILLTIMED | Like bad comedian's jokes, limited somehow with 8 (3-5) |
| ORANGE | Age I conjure up somehow with drink (6,5) |
| HERALDIC | Relating to arms earl hid somehow with cape (8) |
