| PADDLEBOAT | Bald-pated, short, old cuckoo's a crafty thing (10) |
| BOAT | Crafty thing from which to fish? (4) |
| PHIL | Bald-pated TV psychologist (4) |
| SKINHEAD | Bald-pated person |
| STRAGGLE | Upturn in good crafty things a leg breaks a follow on? (8) |
| INTHEBAG | Secured cuckoo, a big thing mostly (2,3,3) |
| OPERETTA | Show cuckoo a treetop (8) |
| COCCYX | From "cuckoo", a triangular bone at the base of the spine, imagined to look like said "gowk's" beak (6) |
| CADAVEROUS | Emaciated rogue, a very short old American (10) |
| PASQUILERS | Satirists with short old pen Queen held by warrant? |
| LEADERSHIP | Guide is a crafty type providing direction in company (10) |
| ARTTEACHER | Employed in a classy drawing room by one informing the masters of tomorrow in a crafty way (3,7) |
| SHORELEAVE | Presumably this is what Noah's staff took as a crafty diversion to stay out of the water? (5,5) |
| EGGHEAD | A boffin, highbrow type or shiny-pated brainbox; or, a social media user with a default profile picture (7) |
| OBSERVER | A short old boy, who opens tennis game as viewer (8) |
| CROUTON | Short old witch holding out a bit of bread |
| ADEPT | Addle-pated fellow who ought to know better (5) |
| ASS | Girl loses her head, and he's addle-pated (3) |
| PATONTHEBACK | Congratulate, in a manner of speaking, short old Egyptian briefly surrounded by mob (3,2,3,4) |
| GAFFE | Error cutting short old man (5) |
