| INTOUCH | An inch out perhaps, but maintaining contact |
| BRONCHI | Over inch out on British Airways |
| CHIN | Feature is an inch out of shape (4) |
| OUTSIDER | Rides out perhaps but is unlikely to win (8) |
| ALIEN | Plant introduced to an area by humans but maintaining itself (5) |
| KEEPINGSTEP | Peeking rudely at pets but maintaining the pace (7,4) |
| MARASCHINO | Cherry around thirteen miles? So inch out (10) |
| CHINSTRAP | Bit of helmet, inch out, gives way when picked up |
| ETHNIC | Alien inch out from a cultural group (6) |
| KEEPINGINTOUCH | Maintaining contact? (7,2,5) |
| INASPOT | Needing to be bailed out, perhaps |
| TENUOUS | Weak sun out, perhaps, around the East (7) |
| UTOPIAN | Idealist getting a pin out, perhaps (7) |
| CROUTON | Take corn out, perhaps, and put in soup (7) |
| DISUSED | Cast out, perhaps, by the underworld, turned due south |
| SUSPECT | Cups set out, perhaps he did it (7) |
| STRIKER | Walk out, perhaps, then run forward |
| EXCLAIM | Sound put out, perhaps, by former demand (7) |
| REDACTS | Revolutionary follower of John blacks out, perhaps (7) |
| EMERGES | Sticks one's neck out, perhaps |
