| FREAKY | Bizarre nose, but no head, in fish (6) |
| ILLCONSIDERED | Rash on face, evidently sore under nose, but no head cold |
| TOPPLE | Fall from the highest pile but no head injuries! (6) |
| EMBERS | Remains of arms and legs, perhaps, but no head |
| INCONVENIENT | Unsuitable to be in convent, that is with no head in it (12) |
| NAMELESS | Unidentified beast with no head in place of monster (8) |
| EERIE | No head in the beer, that is strange (5) |
| EEL | Fish with skin but no head |
| WINE | What has a nose, legs, and body, but no head |
| RETAKING | Serving up drink with no head in The Palace? Or doing it again as a test! (8) |
| THOSE | On the nose but none from the ones over there (5) |
| ODOURLESS | Inoffensive to the nose but too much, so rules are broken (9) |
| PENGUIN | Publishers giving writer stout, but no head (7) |
| OAF | Idiot with brain, but no head! |
| LIMB | Tentacle and scales, but no head or tail |
| NAILS | Creatures with one foot but no head, tough things |
| ROAD | It has two shoulders but no head |
| TATTERED | Ragged cuddly toy with stuff inside but no head (8) |
| URBAN | Sikh topper but no head is citified (5) |
| PRAY | Request froth but no head (4) |
