| PASTERN | Old man very strict ? bit of a nag |
| PASODOBLE | Old man, very bold, moving with energy in dance (4,5) |
| PALAVER | Old man very nearly follows the French hoo-ha (7) |
| STALLION | Good man, very tired, hugging old mater? (8) |
| FAKIR | Holy man very honest about finishing work (5) |
| VALET | Man, very thirsty at first, downs beer (5) |
| DESTINY | Man, very small, reveals fate |
| ELECTRIC | Choose short man, very exciting (8) |
| CRITICAL | Reviewer little man very sick |
| ALMOST | Nearly a man: very much so (6) |
| JUSTIN | Name the man very narrowly elected! (6) |
| HEART | Man's 'very core' / ticker |
| ALLEGIANT | Orchestra losing leader, a man very great and loyal (9) |
| CHEVRON | Tory embraces man, very regal initially, as a mark of rank |
| COCKLESHELL | Bird dropping on little man - very unpleasant experience in boat |
| LADYKILLERS | Young man, very close to put an end to accommodating Edinburgh Fringes, said first by Sandy Mackendrick (11) |
| TOBIT | Book about blind man, very much missed by son |
| REDFORD | Leading man very far to the left by car (7) |
| HANGERSON | Parasites in hospital get young man very annoyed (7-2) |
| STRIPPER | One undressing a good man's very good down under! (8) |
