| CURATES | Good men who never quite cut their charges? (7) |
| LIVEWIRES | Alert people who may be shocked by their charges? (4,5) |
| MISQUOTE | One of some erroneous statements, some quite cut down, mangled (8) |
| SCORE | Twenty won't quite cut through it (5) |
| SHOGUN | Historic commander who never quite fired a weapon? (6) |
| TANTALUS | Mythical king who never quite got what he wanted |
| NEARLYMAN | Maybe teenage boy is one who never quite made it (6,3) |
| STANDIN | One never quite on his feet as a deputy? (5,2) |
| AUNATUREL | In the raw, French cut their tipple with it, they say (2,7) |
| SHAVEN | Many cats have never cut their whiskers (6) |
| CHILDMINDERS | Their charges are only small (5,7) |
| JUMPJOCKEYS | Their charges go up on these courses? (4,7) |
| TEST | ...last RTE opening for interviewees to cut their teeth, so to speak? (4,4) |
| ORAL | ...last RTE opening for interviewees to cut their teeth, so to speak? (4,4) |
| MULETEERS | Sure, let me be wrong if their charges are stubborn (9) |
| BABYSITTERS | Evening visitors getting paid? Their charges are small |
| NURSEMAIDS | Their charges are usually small (10) |
| HEAD | Stable fellows, in charge of their charges at the gallop. (4,4) |
| LADS | Stable fellows, in charge of their charges at the gallop. (4,4) |
| NURSERIES | Their charges will be small (9) |
