| CRANED | Eccentric dancer stretched his neck |
| TANGOIST | Toasting an eccentric dancer (8) |
| PALMAS | He stretched his hands to the sky: caelo ____ [...] tetendit, Aen. 2.688 |
| LISTEN | The Andrews Sisters sang, "The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back; The monkey grabbed his neck and said, 'Now ... Jack; Straighten up and fly right" |
| TIE | Something a man wears around his neck |
| SWEEPSTAKES | Chimney cleaner sticks his neck out in lotteries (11) |
| TURTLE | He may stick his neck out |
| ONEMANBAND | Musician with a harmonica around his neck, maybe |
| RODNEY | __ Blackstock, Dales local who wears a distinctive piece of jewellery around his neck (6) |
| SKELTON | British equestrian who won a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics 12 years after breaking his neck (7) |
| RIME | One Emir who appears to be up to his neck in it (4) |
| FAAOSO | Manly prop who broke his neck in 2013, Richie ... (6) |
| JOHNMALKOVICH | When an elderly tourist fell on a Toronto street in 2013, this actor stopped the flow of blood from his neck long enough for paramedics to arrive |
| HEARN | Danny - - - , Bedford centre who broke his neck tackling All Black Ian McRae in 1967 (5) |
| NAPE | When a person shows the back of his neck (4) |
| MIRE | Certain admirer who appears to be up to his neck in it |
| SICKNESSBENEFIT | Back of his neck is fine - best put off government assistance (8,7) |
| BANDANAS | Democrat wearing crazy coloured pieces of cloth round his neck (8) |
| MANDARINCHINESE | Guy is not completely sticking his neck out for old Asian boxers in the Republic, it's heard (8,7) |
| SCRUFF | He may not have washed the back of his neck |
