| HALFTHEBATTLE | Cull in the 18th century perhaps a big step forward (4,3,6) |
| STRIDE | A big step forward for jazz piano-playing |
| UNCLESILAS | ... left out distressing seal culls in novel (5,5) |
| AVERAGE | Mean to declare when over a century, perhaps |
| OLDMASTERS | Aged bosses painted in 16th century perhaps (3,7) |
| OLD | From an earlier century, perhaps |
| BLOUSE | A French peasant's smock that went to war as a tunic and came home as a flouncy shirt for a lady or a girl, perhaps a big one (6) |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | Insect parent able to take big steps? (5-8) |
| MISCALCULATED | Organising cull, academist slipped up (13) |
| ASTRIDE | On a bike, maybe, which is a big step |
| BOWWOW | Setter, perhaps, a big hit in the East End? (3-3) |
| STOMP | Make a big step, perhaps |
| FLDFRBNKRPTC | Took a big step to relieve debt [IEOAUY] |
| STRIDENCE | Take a big step across enclosure of grating (9) |
| COOKROOM | A somewhat archaic name for the domestic chamber or kitchen of perhaps a large country estate - seasonally filled with the aroma of Christmas cake, goose, plum- pudding, turkey and mulled wine for one |
| CLANGER | A bell perhaps a big mistake (7) |
| USSR | Out he rushes, perhaps a big chip off the old bloc? (1,1,1,1) |
| ASLOPE | Leaning like a big step (6) |
| STRODE | Took a big step |
| CLOMP | It sounds like a big step |
