| BRAINY | Bishop, wet but clever (6) |
| LAMEBRAIN | Silly male bishop - wet fool? (9) |
| BRIGHT | Bighead, true a" but clever (6) |
| RAISIN | Is in the wet, but dried (6) |
| BRAINS | A bighead and wet, but smart (6) |
| SLOPPY | Very slack, but clever about work, on the quiet (6) |
| DREARY | Are huddled inside, not wet but miserable (6) |
| SOPHIST | Maker of false but clever arguments |
| INGENIOUS | Naive but clever, swapping one for you, say (9) |
| GREENFLY | A pest, inexperienced but clever (8) |
| SMARTIE | Small, but clever, piece of candy |
| SOPHISTRY | Use of false but clever arguments (9) |
| PADDLED | Got feet wet but got canoe moving (7) |
| WASTEPAPER | Appears perhaps, salvaged wet, but (5,5) |
| BRAIN | A big-headed wet, but intellectual (5) |
| DRIPPING | Very wet, but it goes solid when cold (8) |
| MOISTEN | Slightly wet, but is to change when held by people (7) |
| DRAINED | For day was wet, but the water didn't settle (7) |
| ABLE | Butler presenter once not good but clever (4) |
| MOIST | Wet, but not dripping (5) |
