| STARVED | Deprived of stone, created statue without head |
| TORSO | The trunk of a human body, a statue without head or limbs (5) |
| OBTAIN | Take possession of renegade bastion without head of security (6) |
| STABILISATION | Balancing of battalions is tricky without head of infantry (13) |
| GOUDA | Squash without head of radicchio and a type of cheese (5) |
| VIGNETTE | Sketch very small seal without head on top of note (8) |
| ARROW | Shaft, thin, without head but with head (5) |
| PRESENTABLE | Here beer served without head of bubbles is decent |
| CONTACTED | Hired without head of resources being notified (9) |
| EMIRATE | Leave country without head of great Arab territory (7) |
| BROOCH | Clasp beer without contents, illicit spirit without head (6) |
| DEFENCELESSNESS | Vulnerability of initial detachment enforcing barricade without head (15) |
| OTALGIA | Problem for auditors returning to Algeria without head of state (7) |
| IMPRINT | Stamp I invent without head of poor queen |
| INABIT | Live without head of hair shortly (2,1,3) |
| BYDESIGN | Intentionally deny big changes without head of strategy (2, 6) |
| GRENADINE | Cocktail of beer (without head), gin and mixer |
| BIASED | Established without head of Institute being unfairly influenced (6) |
| STATIC | Hisses may come from changing tactics, without head of coaching, otherwise no change at all. (6) |
| STRATOSPHERE | Very high level sports there get organised without head of athletics (12) |
