| GRADUAL | Bit by bit, a ... process |
| GRADUALLY | Bit by bit a drug ruined a friend (9) |
| CHAMP | A bite, as in a horse on its bit; a colcannon-like Irish dish of potatoes mashed with leeks and spring onions; a title-holder; or, in heraldry, a field (5) |
| SANITISE | That's a nit I see a€“ just a bit a€“ get clean! (8) |
| SEPAL | Bit a bloomer by a soft-hearted beast |
| PECK | Eat just a bit, a small bit with no seconds |
| JOEY | Nickname of a threepenny bit; a circus clown in the English tradition; or, a baby kangaroo, koala, opossum, wallaby or other marsupial (4) |
| SPARTA | Small bit - a bit of the Peloponnese (6) |
| CIABATTA | Italian bread _ a bit a cat chewed (8) |
| ATOM | A tiny bit a hustler |
| TYRANT | Martyr Anthony a bit a despot (6) |
| TEACUP | Under interrogation by the Queen of Hearts, the Hatter "bit a large piece out of his ____ instead of the bread-and-butter" |
| HABITAT | Characters seen in South a bit, a terrible living environment |
| SEATOFTHEPANTS | Source of heavy breathing, with a bit a luck (4,2,3,5) |
| IMPI | One thousand and three and a bit, a Zulu unit |
| ENDOF | Extend office a bit a€“ but no more (3,2) |
| ROAM | Ramble a bit a€“ article in memory or nothing in memory? (4) |
| SECONDPERSON | You bit a child? |
| SPARTACUS | Old fighter bit a copper with bodyguards around |
| ORBITAL | Some Labrador bit a lout going round the city |
