| RAGSTORICHES | Creator sighs about self-made man's story (4,2,6) |
| PITFALLS | "Grammar, n. A system of ____ thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction" (The Devil's Dictionary) (8) |
| HIT | Made man's job |
| STARTHISTLE | Begin man's story, ignoring a flowering plant (4,7) |
| ADAMSMITH | Famous economist -the first man's story to be listened to (4,5) |
| SLEIGHS | Sighs about the French sleds (7) |
| SWIMMINGLY | Cunning about self-identified feminists, good in a smooth way (10) |
| ROBOT | Man-made man - man-made machine (5) |
| GODFATHER | Dead loud - one made man beginning to rant about boss (9) |
| EGO | Beyonce song about self-esteem |
| GYROSCOPE | Awfully grey scoop about self-levelling device (9) |
| NEGOTIATION | Compromise discussion for nation about self-pride it turned up (11) |
| RECLUSE | An anchorite is cruel about self half-lost (7) |
| DIGITAL | Sort of watch bore talk endlessly about self (7) |
| LIFE | 1970s sitcom about self-sufficiency in Surbiton (3,4,4) |
| GOOD | 1970s sitcom about self-sufficiency in Surbiton (3,4,4) |
| THE | 1970s sitcom about self-sufficiency in Surbiton (3,4,4) |
| RESTRAINT | Teach the others about self-control |
| GOODASHELL | 2016 Lizzo hit about self-acceptance |
| ALLMYLIFE | 2023 Lil Durk hit about self-improvement: 3 wds. |
