| KNOWALL | Cocky type rounded hill, was almost captured (4-3) |
| PLATOON | Soldiers almost captured in stratagem |
| SUPREMO | Commander's quarry almost captured in Japanese fighting |
| VAQUERO | A reservation almost captured by very old cowboy (7) |
| BIVOUAC | Camp Cutler almost captured in revolutionary Cuba (7) |
| MAMELON | Small rounded hill or protuberance (7) |
| HANDSAW | Cutter's crew was almost retired (7) |
| POSTWAR | Job was almost right, from 1946 onwards? |
| WASTAGE | Loss was almost on platform (7) |
| WICHITA | City with an aircraft industry was almost divided over one voucher (7) |
| BRECKLE | Victim of Arthur Thomas' bullying who was almost his step-brother (7) |
| WAGONER | Carter was almost hopeless case (7) |
| MANAGUA | Which city in Nicaragua was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1972? (7) |
| KNOWITALL | King no humorous person ___ to everyone appearing as a cocky type (4-2-3) |
| PROUD | "They said she was too good for him; She was haughty, ... and chic; But Ernie got his cocoa there; Three times every week"; Benny Hill was Ernie, the fastest milkman in the West |
| SMARTARSE | Sting to appear heartless - cocky type (5-4) |
| WISEGUYS | Group of women find Home Counties men to be cocky types (4,4) |
| TOO | Almost captured as well (3) |
| KNOB | In geography, a prominent, rounded hill (4) |
| RHYSIFANS | The role of Spike in Notting Hill was played by this Welsh actor, whose films include The Amazing Spider-Man, Snowden, The Boat That Rocked and Mr Nice (4,5) |
