| TWIGGED | Figured out Fabricant finally, as he is rumoured to be |
| EATS | Everyman's beginning to get a stout chassis, finally - as he does this (4) |
| ASHBLONDES | Johnson and Fabricant may be desperate old has-beans with no energy (3,7) |
| FAIR | The food is rumoured to be okay (4) |
| OUTWEIGH | Exposed route is rumoured to be of more importance (8) |
| UFO | Roswell is rumoured to be a crash-site of this interplanetary craft (1,1,1) |
| DIASPORA | A scattered people is rumoured to come back before father snaffles gold (8) |
| LOOKINGGLASS | In 4.1, Richard hands his crown and sceptre to the Duke of Hereford, as he is now the King. Northumberland presents a paper to King Richard to read, which is a list of accusations and crimes against h |
| UNSUNGHERO | What someone no longer is as soon as he is identified as one, per George Carlin |
| ELVIS | Rock musician who is rumoured still to be alive, despite his death in 1977 (5) |
| INTHESAMECLASS | Where his school friends might be as good as he is (2,3,4,5) |
| CENTRAL | Important as he is to them |
| HOSTAGE | The crowd grow old, as he is held to ransom (7) |
| TOMIC | The 'Tank Engine,' as he is referred to, hardly tries on the court. (5) |
| OVEREMPHASIS | To do with politician stopping as he is suffering too much stress |
| GUTLESS | Lacking courage, as he is compared to heroine? (7) |
| REPUTED | Plant covers position, it is rumoured (7) |
| DIASCIA | Colourful plant rumoured to be brought back to China oddly (7) |
| READYMADE | Servant rumoured to be after money is immediately available (5-4) |
| FRANKEXCHANGE | Diplomatic row rumoured to be something to do with Swiss trade |
