| ASSENTER | Get the fool to come in - he's quite agreeable |
| CLOTHIER | Get the fool to hire out from an outfitter (8) |
| BLAND | Quite agreeable boys start to come to earth |
| THICKHEAD | What an unwise drinker may get, the fool! (9) |
| NICTATE | 'Quite agreeable, collecting rubbish' (wink, wink!) (7) |
| ASSISTS | Helps the fool to get the first point (7) |
| ASPS | Penny intercepts the fool to get the snakes (4) |
| PROSPECTOR | One paid policeman to drop in - he's hoping to strike it rich |
| NEOCON | He's quite right to invest in gas company |
| LEGATEE | Open the gate and let Lee in. He's got it coming to him (7) |
| LIMPET | Permit little devil to go in: he's a sticker! (6) |
| SLUGGARD | Drags back to lug in. He's a slowcoach (8) |
| SHOEING | Go in, he's disposed to be working on horses' feet (7) |
| THEO | Nickname hidden in "he's the one" |
| STROMATIC | In rhetoric, application of a word to multiple others of which only one is grammatically suited, e.g. have in he and they have promised to behave (9) |
| AIRHEAD | In he went into the flat, silly fool! (7) |
| HARVESTED | Having got the crop in, he'd been about to starve anyway (9) |
| PINHEAD | In he went, into the flat, the twit! (7) |
| HANDFUL | Difficult-to-manage person, he's quite a ... |
| SIDNEY | Yes, indeed, he's quite put out at the start (6) |
