| JUSTINBIEBER | Barely trendy big but not good musician, losing head as superstar (6,6) |
| GARRISON | Good musician from the East End gets protected place (8) |
| TRIBECA | Trendy Big Apple area |
| LAREDO | Texas city's big, but not good, party (6) |
| BISECT | Big but not good religious school cut in two (6) |
| CARABINERO | Foreign policeman in vehicle with a large but not good emperor (10) |
| OVERTHROWING | Making the pitch too big but inflicting defeat (12) |
| MEDIUM | It's not big, but not small either |
| PEDIGREE | Crack big, but not black, with deeper descent (8) |
| CULBOKIE | Where in Scotland? Clue - big, but not grand - ok, maybe? (8) |
| SIZEABLE | Quite big, but not immeasurably so |
| NAIROBI | Under new leader, African capital, large but not grand, is a different place |
| HUE | It's colourful and huge, but not grand (3) |
| MAJORITY | With the circled letters, large but not often vocal voting bloc |
| MISLAID | Domestic gathering is large, but not here (7) |
| REAL | Are unusually large but not fakes (4) |
| PENANCE | Coppers lock up bloke losing head as punishment |
| RIOTER | With order originally maintained, author losing head as one joining the fray? (6) |
| USHER | Effusive type losing head as figure at wedding? (5) |
| SCAR | 16 perhaps losing head as result of injury (4) |
