| HAVINGNOIDEA | Being useless, but being quite unaware of it (6,2,4) |
| WISEACRE | A wise guy or simpleton quite unaware of being such (8) |
| FEARLESS | Confident and loud, though unaware of it? |
| LYINGINSTATE | Speaking falsely in government, but being honoured posthumously (5,2,5) |
| HAVENOIDEA | Be quite useless, but be totally unaware of the fact |
| HADNOIDEA | Was quite unaware one was useless, creatively |
| DROSS | Being useless, it causes some loss to a doctor (5) |
| INEPT | It holds writer back being useless (5) |
| VAIN | Useless, but thinking oneself to be wonderful (4) |
| RECHAUFFE | Cooked up old bits about female driver being useless (9) |
| UTENSIL | Being useless, essentially without instrument (7) |
| DUPED | Misled about gym-work being useless (5) |
| NOGOOD | Being useless, do go on so! (2-4) |
| IDLE | Unused, being useless (4) |
| QUILTINGBEE | Gathering of women being quite upset about lecturer |
| INAPT | Pan it as being quite unfitted for the task |
| CAPABLE | An item of headwear experienced being quite apt |
| INANE | Annie it's about being quite senseless (5) |
| EXTREME | Section of text remembered as being quite hardline |
| FORGETTING | In favour of acquiring, but being absent-minded about (10) |
