| BRAHMA | Composer very nearly a god |
| STRAVINSKY | Composer very into railways getting TV company around (10) |
| RACHMANINOV | Composer very supportive of harmonica playing, putting in extra note |
| VERTEBRATE | Very nearly a better wild animal with backbone (10) |
| ALMOST | Very nearly - a large majority (6) |
| ALLBUT | Very nearly a fish if I 'ad replaced plate (3,3) |
| OVERARM | How to bowl very nearly a rare maiden following duck (7) |
| ORFF | Composer's "very loud" alternative? |
| ROSSINI | Composer's very big error, participating in King and I |
| CORNEA | A bit chic or nearly a bit of a looker! |
| AREA | A book, nearly a subject (4) |
| MIDGE | Nearly a very small insect? (5) |
| DOLL | A child's plaything, nearly a superstar (4) |
| IDOL | A child's plaything, nearly a superstar (4) |
| CENTAUR | Nearly a hundred years span a Greek cross (7) |
| ONEDEGREE | Just a bachelor's, which is nearly a frost (3,6) |
| NOHIT | ___, no run (nearly a perfect game for a pitcher) (2-3) |
| KEL | Mr Carruthers, a 250cc World Champion who managed King Kenny nearly a decade later.(3) |
| INNER | Reportedly in a ring that is nearly a bullseye (5) |
| FLOW | Nearly a year after the end of WWI, German skeleton crews left aboard 70 interned German naval craft managed to scuttle and sink all but a few to the bottom of Scapa ... |
