| GUNNER | German athlete loses head becoming Arsenal player |
| UNNERVE | Psych out to make athlete lose lead - victorious day follows |
| STRANGLER | Way Cambridge mathematician loses head, becoming killer |
| HETUP | Beginning to fall, the young boxer loses head, becoming angry |
| WIZARD | Fantastic reptile with head becoming wide (6) |
| DIETER | and 33dn, German athlete who won the men's 5000m at the 1992 Olympics |
| EARNERS | Students lose head, becoming paid workers (7) |
| PATRICKVIEIRA | Former Arsenal player, current head coach of Genoa * (7,6) |
| VERTEBRA | Bone from wild horse's head becoming green |
| OVERTHETOP | Evident male head becoming excessive (4-3-3) |
| HEEDLESS | Rash is undesired with head becoming hot (8) |
| BARONESS | Prevent old head becoming a member of the nobility (8) |
| NUTTIER | Row with head becoming more unhinged (7) |
| LORD | ? which sees head becoming Latin master ... |
| BAUMANN | see 48dn, German athlete who won the men's 5000m at the 1992 Olympics |
| SOCIALCLIMBER | Upwardly mobile person gets Arsenal player initially supple infiltrated by intelligence agency (6,7) |
| UNNERVED | Rattled Arsenal player, initially dropped, very brief with newsman (8) |
| WEAPONRY | Arsenal player initially performing in tired environment |
| GUNNERA | Arsenal player has a plant like rhubarb (7) |
| THIERRY | _ Henry, early 2000s Arsenal player (7) |
