| DITCHED | Boyfriend ultimately was irritating - what was he then? |
| SUITOR | Was he so suited as a child? (6) |
| AHAB | Protagonist of the Pequod was he, so sick at sea, due to Dick, maybe! (4) |
| HOOKAH | When Alice met the Caterpillar in Wonderland, what was he puffing on? (6) |
| CUFFS | Copper with annoyed expression - in short, what's with him, then? |
| DISSOLVE | To break with boyfriend ultimately is what you're aiming to do |
| POIROT | No twerp from Antwerp and Agatha's pen. Herculean task to name him then? (6) |
| BEASTLY | Turned out stable boy, ultimately, was nasty (7) |
| GALATEA | Sculpture by Pygmalion, whom he then marries (7) |
| RANKLED | Was irritating doctor about to describe body part? (7) |
| GYRATED | What Turner did was irritating when placed across end of gallery |
| NEEDLED | Requirement to return key was irritating (7) |
| THOUGHT | Had idea that was irritating and stimulating careful consideration (7-9) |
| THIRSTY | Figure drinking gallons, ultimately - was so? |
| HEATHEN | He then reported nonbeliever (7) |
| ONTHE | When poverty was witnessed by king (past one), he then set off, being moved (2,3,5,2,7) |
| THEPINKPANTHER | Part he then played to hide colour film (3,4,7) |
| IAGO | "And what's he then, that says I play the villain?" speaker |
| STITCHED | What sewer did in street was irritating |
| PROVOKING | Had idea that was irritating and stimulating careful consideration (7-9) |
