| GRANDAUNT | Girl initially managed to intimidate older relation |
| GRAN | Older relation - nearly 1,000! (4) |
| PRANCE | Priest initially managed to get church to cavort (6) |
| MAGPIE | Collector initially managed to get silver dish (6) |
| IMPASSE | I initially managed to overtake at the last stand-off (7) |
| RAMADAN | Barking athlete initially managed to maintain fast time (7) |
| PIRANHA | After perfect instructions initially, managed to regularly heat fish (7) |
| MRSANDMAN | Masseur initially managed to take painful private practice hit (2,7) |
| CRANE | Lifting device crew initially managed with energy |
| GRANITE | Hard Rock Cafe's closing after guitarist initially managed it |
| SPIRITOFSTLOUIS | It's solo trip (US-France) it initially managed |
| PALMSPRINGS | Initially managed well, nursed by friends in US city (4,7) |
| EPHEMERA | Transient matters that man initially managed in record time |
| TRANSVERSE | 26 initially managed parts before poetry, making us cross |
| MARILYNMONROE | Hollywood star initially managed by playing any minor role (7,6) |
| GRANDPARENTS | Older relations who make wonderful mothers and fathers? (12) |
| OSSHD | The Organisation for Co-Operation of Railways initially managed railway transport in Eastern Bloc countries (1, 1, 1, 1, 1) |
| SCOW | Lighter schoolboys initially to intimidate? |
| BATTLECRY | A cry shouted by soldiers going to war to intimidate the enemy (6,3) |
| SACREDCOW | Reportedly lay off revolutionary to intimidate an institution that is immune to criticism (6,3) |
