| HALFHEARTED | Fail to catch all Edward says, being less than keen |
| RETREAT | Queen stopping King Edward, say, being sent back to refuge |
| RELUCTANT | Less than keen to run at Celt like this (9) |
| TEPID | Assembly assuming power in recession's less than keen |
| ESTATES | Inland abodes, Edward says (7) |
| PONY | From "foal, little colt" and known in French as "bidet", a small horse of 14.2 hands or less, upon which to sit astride; or, alluding to being less than full size, like said jennet, a small glass or m |
| DEMUR | Object to one's being less than chaste (5) |
| EVENTS | They happen to be upset, being less than seventeen (6) |
| UNDER | Subject to its being less than (5) |
| UNDERSTATE | Express in restrained terms, being less than articulate (10) |
| RUE | Regret being less than true (3) |
| SLOE | Thorny issue being less than quick swapping bridge partners (4) |
| ENTENTE | Being less than completely independent, enter an agreement |
| YELL | Cry out 'ow' being less than cowardly (4) |
| COPIT | Pay the penalty for being less than pious in bed |
| CHEESEPARING | Being less than generous with the Stilton? |
| TENSION | Suppressed excitement at being less than 100-1 on (7) |
| NEONATE | Being less than four weeks old, Cretan oenophile stores it over there |
| TOYPOODLE | Dog breed, defined as being less than 28cm tall at the shoulder (3,6) |
| UNDERHAND | It's unethical being less than four inches (9) |
