| CRIPPEN | Doctor who, if not very soft, could have been nicer (7) |
| SCIFI | Like Doctor Who, if CSI takes a turn (3-2) |
| YVES | He’s French, or would be indeed, if not very |
| AGUE | Faint if not very fit |
| SINCERE | To be truthful, it could be nicer in the southeast (7) |
| ARSENIC | Could be nicer as a poison (7) |
| JONNICK | Head of judiciary could be nicer at weekend in 29Ac 30Ac 1Dn (7) |
| VITREOUS | Like glass, flexibly supportive, but not very soft |
| SOY | Such sauce seems soppy but not very soft |
| YOUNGER | Nero, guy who could have been not so advanced (7) |
| FLINCH | Bird grabs Lambert who, if a woman-hater, might do this! (6) |
| EXTRA | One more who, if ordinary, is rare (5) |
| ENRICH | It could be nicer to have hydrogen to enhance it (6) |
| COURIER | It's our Eric who could have been the messenger (7) |
| VERYLAZY | Describes type of people who, if there was work in the bed, they'd sleep on the floor ? it's the hei |
| CINERARIA | What could be nicer, a song about brightly coloured flower |
| PLEASANTER | Parents wandering round meadow? What could be nicer? |
| PRINCE | Party leader could be nicer to royal person (6) |
| INCREASE | Could be nicer. A sea trip would add to it (8) |
| CAMPHOR | Missing article - Greek vase, first century: it could have been mothballed (7) |
