| ALFREDHITCHCOCK | Film director flared angrily, having difficulty with leading male |
| MOVIESTAR | Jack after Oscar competes with leading male actor (5,4) |
| SIERRA | Arrives angrily having lost five from the range (6) |
| UNTIL | Going up to bar, angrily having left bungled tribunal (5) |
| DYSLEXIC | Having difficulty with reading words |
| HITCHHIKE | Eschew public transport, having difficulty with price increase |
| OBESE | Like one having difficulty with middle management? |
| NOPROBLEM | Number having difficulty with absence of posers (2,7) |
| DYSLECTIC | Having difficulty with reading words or letters |
| HARDOFHEARING | Having difficulty with a tribunal. Can't hear a lot (4,2,7) |
| EXTRAJAM | Minor actor having difficulty with fruity material |
| RUBRICATES | Having difficulty with raciest characters makes reader see red (10) |
| STUCKINAROOT | Having difficulty with math? |
| RHETT | Leading male character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (5,6) |
| BUTLER | Leading male character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (5,6) |
| FIGURE | Leading male with dad bod (6,6) |
| FATHER | Leading male with dad bod (6,6) |
| HERO | A real or fictional man of distinguished bravery; a demigod; a champion; or, the leading male actor or protagonist in a film or novel (4) |
| ALPHA | Leading male in a wolf pack |
| SPHEROID | Falls over without leading male figure (8) |
