| GERMAN | Berliner, perhaps, almost suitable |
| GERMANE | Berliner perhaps beginning to examine material (7) |
| NEONATAL | A gas, a gas almost suitable for the very young (8) |
| STEVEDORE | Jobs perhaps almost degrade retiring docker (9) |
| PARENTHESIS | Mother, perhaps, almost completed dissertation in interlude (11) |
| CHEERIOS | Toasts Stilton perhaps almost filled with port |
| FRAU | Hamburger perhaps almost a deception |
| AUSTRALIAN | Digger is a Viennese perhaps almost all in |
| STEIN | Shandy maker perhaps almost sober? (5) |
| SURVEILLANCE | CCTV, perhaps, almost always effective -- conceal weapon (12) |
| DROLL | Perhaps almost lordly, yet amusing (5) |
| TROTTED | Ran with Del Boy, perhaps, almost getting diamonds |
| DISLODGE | Man perhaps almost in trick move (8) |
| EARL | Grey, perhaps, almost before one's time (4) |
| EVENTS | Perhaps almost seventy occurrences (6) |
| FINEART | Sculpture perhaps almost ready to be set outside (4,3) |
| INLET | Though perhaps almost completely silent, it makes an admission (5) |
| PAINTER | Pollock, perhaps, almost rips a net at sea (7) |
| CAPITAL | London perhaps almost put a limit on everything (7) |
| MISLAID | Man perhaps almost ensnared by young woman is lost (7) |
