| FARSI | Fair operation, having small tongue (5) |
| SHINDIG | Do small tongue grafts first (7) |
| ORIBI | Small African antelope, Ourebia ourebi, having small pointed horns (5) |
| SCOLD | Nag, having small complaint (5) |
| HASTE | Rush to loathing, having small heart (5) |
| BUNNY | Rabbit having small cake and big apple shortly! (5) |
| ROOST | Starting point, having small place to perch (5) |
| AALLI | Bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, having small greenish flowers (5) |
| NOTES | Records having small number with a setback (5) |
| DOSES | Buck's mates having small amounts of medicine (5) |
| ONSET | One having small time charge (5) |
| OXLIP | Primulaceous plant having small drooping pale yellow flowers (5) |
| SPINS | Having small legs, trips (5) |
| HEATH | Any low-growing evergreen shrub of the Old World genus Erica, having small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers (5) |
| BUGLE | Eurasian plant such as Ajuga reptans, having small blue or white flowers (5) |
| EARED | In heraldry, having small projections in the upper corners |
| ALLNIGHT | Halting operation, having left open until morning (3-5) |
| RECITER | Retire operation, having caught story-teller (7) |
| DROPIN | Doctor, before operation, having home visit (4,2) |
| PANED | Puzzle not filled in and cryptic, having small squares (5) |
