| MAGNESIUM | Element identified by girl, one kept by mother (9) |
| BANJO | Instrument identified by girl propping up bar |
| GREMLIN | Imaginary sprite identified by girl men upset |
| YAK | Tibetan bovine identified by girl from the east (3) |
| MILLIPEDE | Quiet journalist taken in by girl, one with exceptional legs (9) |
| MASOCHIST | Parents love son being embraced by girl - one enjoying humiliation |
| NITROGEN | Element identified by Italian fellow endlessly in news |
| QUICKSILVER | Element identified by sharp-witted cook at sea |
| RADON | Gaseous element identified by academy teacher |
| LEAD | The element identified by the circled letters |
| WADI | Bundle of money one kept by gully (4) |
| EQUINE | Like horse, one kept by queen, specially trained |
| ANCIENT | Coin, one kept by an old fellow (7) |
| TAPIR | Hoofed mammal, quiet one, kept by sailor |
| AIREDALE | Rough-haired dog, one kept by a Marxist porter, perhaps? |
| CASSIO | Lieutenant in Cyprus has pack animal, one kept by officer |
| RACER | Young greyhound, perhaps - one kept by king and queen |
| KRAIT | Poisonous snake in back of trunk, one kept by scoundrel (5) |
| BURNISH | Polish service, one kept by female British singer (7) |
| COMIC | Funny policeman in short, one kept by host at event (5) |
