| FAREDODGER | Criminal traveller reportedly reasonable to Dickens character (4-6) |
| TOODLEPIP | So long introduction to text, before contents of book, led oddly to Dickens character (6-3) |
| POLICEDOG | Tracker of criminal traveller given £1,000 to hide diamonds twice (6,3) |
| BRIGGFAIR | Folk song: bass fiddle reportedly reasonable (5,4) |
| WAYFARER | Traveller reportedly much more pretty (8) |
| PRESUMABLY | Reasonable to suppose |
| ZOOLOGICAL | Park where it is reasonable to be dealing with the study of animals (10) |
| OLIVER | Popeye's girl has the right to ask for more, according to Dickens (6) |
| COPPER | Penny, to Dickens (6) |
| UNDERWRITER | Financial guarantor providing support to Dickens, for example (11) |
| HEAPS | Lots and lots, belonging to Dickens' Uriah, we hear (5) |
| MOKE | Donkey, to Dickens |
| SANE | It's reasonable to use this to catch fish, we hear (4) |
| DECENT | It's reasonable to expect a top striker to drop out of a decline (6) |
| RULESARE | Proverb that suggests it is reasonable to transgress the 'law' (5,3,4,2,2,6) |
| MADETO | Proverb that suggests it is reasonable to transgress the 'law' (5,3,4,2,2,6) |
| BEBROKEN | Proverb that suggests it is reasonable to transgress the 'law' (5,3,4,2,2,6) |
| LUCID | Reasonable to have left university to join detectives (5) |
| FAIRER | It's more reasonable to take tons out of rainforest (6) |
| LEVELHEADED | It is reasonable to be cool, calm and collected (5-6) |
