| XENOPHOBES | Strange box he opens holds unfriendly specimens |
| MEL | Gibson of increasingly strange box office flops |
| EXHIBITION | A public showing of it in box he fashioned with one (10) |
| INTHETOOTH | Bidin' his time, you'll see how Dracula's getting on... once he opens his mouth! (4,2,3,5) |
| WITNESS | Look at the man in the box - he saw it all (10) |
| EYE | Look at the man in the box - he saw it all (10) |
| KENT | In phone box he changes part of broken telephone (4) |
| CHEST | Large box he's found in court |
| ONTHEINCLINE | Leaning on innocent lie, he opens up (2,3,7) |
| STEPHENSONDHEIM | He opens the mind in a creative way, embodying singular genius |
| TRAPPER | While working, he opens up the gin (7) |
| CUPSILOVEYOU | Coffee addict's comment when he opens his kitchen cabinet? |
| READING | What a person usually starts doing they moment he opens a book |
| LONG | Bidin' his time, you'll see how Dracula's getting on... once he opens his mouth! (4,2,3,5) |
| EMBERS | Must he open fire in the movie? (6,2,3,3) |
| OFTHESUN | Must he open fire in the movie? (6,2,3,3) |
| DANDELIONS | Fine-sounding creatures are weedy specimens (10) |
| DOLLYBIRDS | Body drills, exercising, producing attractive physical specimens (5,5) |
| KINGEDWARD | Potato of which there have been 8 specimens |
| CARBONDATE | Determine the age of paleontological specimens, say |