| GOOF | Blunder and nearly spoil (4) |
| HARDBOARD | Nearly spoil fancy bra with odd, cheap material |
| TWADDLE | Pair nearly spoil uninteresting talk (7) |
| BUSK | Play for money and nearly bust with king (4) |
| OSLO | City with 40 islands and nearly 350 lakes within its limits |
| FINDINGFAULT | Discovering blunder and making complaint (7,5) |
| FINDFAULT | Discover blunder and make complaint |
| ERROR | Blunder and panic, losing head |
| OLDNORSE | Source language of blunder and freckle (3,5) |
| ERR | Blunder and cause some merriment (3) |
| SCREWUP | Blunder and drink without team |
| SLIPPED | Made a slight blunder and lost grip (7) |
| GAFFER | Blunder and run to boss (6) |
| OVERSIGHTS | Blunders and gives short change (10) |
| TRIPS | Blunders and removes clothes, going topless (5) |
| ERRORS | Blunders and fears losing face |
| BUMBLING | Making blunders and breaking Ming bulb (8) |
| CAPEOFGOODHOPE | Go into fancy cheap food and nearly open place in South Africa (4,2,4,4) |
| DOWNMEMORYLANE | Depressed over note, and nearly drunk, take a trip here? (4,6,4) |
| TILTYARD | A jousting area, such as that where Henry VIII was thrown from his horse in 1536 and nearly died (4,4) |
