| FALSTAFFIAN | Fine workforce, one possessed by man like Sir John? |
| FALSTAFF | Sir John ?, character who appears in William Shakespeare plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV Pts 1 and 2 (8) |
| MILLS | Pulverises Sir John? |
| ELIZABETHAN | Freely laze in bath, saving energy like Sir Philip Sidney |
| MALEDICTION | A man like Bob is a curse, in a manner of speaking. |
| PICKWICKIAN | Going round Scottish town, choose man like Samuel |
| AGENTORANGE | A man like Trump that devastates the environment (5,6) |
| ALSATIAN | Dog the French repelled - one possessed by the devil |
| RACER | One possessed by posh car is going quickly (5) |
| DELIRIUM | Lied about one possessed by spirit and passion (8) |
| UMBRIA | One possessed by ghost in mountainous region of Italy (6) |
| SAMARITAN | Person who helps ruin one possessed by the devil |
| NAPTIME | Opportunity to doze small apartment, one possessed by outspoken enemy (3,4) |
| NOTION | One possessed by forbidden desire |
| OWNED | Days after, wife is snatched by one possessed |
| IDAHO | One possessed flipping love for state (5) |
| DEMONIAC | One's possessed coin made in error (8) |
| ACTAEON | This hunter, a grandson of Cadmus, saw Diana bathing, which meant she turned him into a stag that was then killed by his dogs. In The Merry Wives of Windsor (act 2, scene 1), Pistol says, "Like Sir __ |
| SCOTTISH | Glaswegian, possibly, rather like Sir Walter? (8) |
| NIGHTBIRD | Active after dark, he sounds like 'Sir' with prison sentence (5-4) |
