| FEATHERBRAIN | A finer bather maybe but no deep thinker |
| AIRHEAD | No deep thinker |
| WITTGENSTEIN | Deep thinker tweeting isn't unusual (12) |
| SPECULAR | Like a mirror offering great views maybe - but no cat reflected in it! (8) |
| TINIEST | Set it in maybe, but no more than the minimum (7) |
| HMM | What a deep thinker might mumble |
| ALLY | Associate showing steel maybe, but no love |
| UKES | Set of 45s, maybe, but no new instruments |
| EAT | Have chicken, maybe, but no starter |
| ATHANKLESSTASK | Ask, maybe, but no-one will appreciate your doing it (1,9,4) |
| TIGER | Bay, maybe, but no horse (5) |
| OASTS | They get hot cooked courses maybe, but no starter |
| TORSO | It has roots, maybe, but no limbs |
| NOB | VIP, maybe, but no bighead |
| MEHTA | Surname for a deep thinker? |
| BUTTONHOLE | Wedding-day flower maybe, but no hotel unfortunately (10) |
| OPENED | Revealed no deep impression (6) |
| OPENENDED | No deep end turns out to be without fixed limits (4- 5) |
| IFICAN | "Maybe, but no promises" |
| BROODER | House for raising chicks; deep thinker |
