| ROMANNUMERAL | As such, I must be one |
| YAHBOOSUCKS | Bullied boy OK as such, I have no sympathy |
| PRETENDER | "Oh yes, I'm the great ...; Pretending that I'm doing well; My need is such, I pretend too much; I'm lonely but no-one can tell" |
| ARTICLE | Item must be one of a set collected by Anthea |
| HYBRIDS | Bird shy? Must be one of the mixed breeds (7) |
| MISCREANT | Varied crimes by worker? He must be one |
| PARISHIONER | Praiser in? Oh, must be one from the district (11) |
| SCIENCE | Occasionally using such, I get niche expertise (7) |
| STASI | Heroin in drug store must be one for the secret police |
| SAHARADESERT | Hardest areas to go round? This must be one of them! |
| OMANI | Chap employed in oil, mostly -- must be one from the Middle East (5) |
| GENDER | Couldn't tell Adam from grande dame. Must be one or the other (6) |
| TELLER | ...must be one who says there's money to burn in the bank! (6) |
| CRUCIVERBALIST | If you can work out lucrative cribs, you must be one! |
| ASS | Balaam's beast (Mr Bumble said the law must be one) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | British poet and author, known for works such 'I, Claudius' and 'Goodbye to all that', who lived in DeA-a, Mallorca from 1929 to 1936 and 1946 until his death in 1985 (6,6) |
| HALOGEN | I must be regarded as one dope following holy circle |
| THOSE | "I see ___ haters, I don't complain / I must be poppin' if they know my name": Megan Thee Stallion |
| ONLY | "I must be cruel, ___ to be kind": "Hamlet" |
| OBSIDIAN | Rock bands I love: I must be dancing! |