| PYGMALION | Greek king, insignificant person, almost a hero |
| ONEINAMILLION | Wonderful person, almost unique? (3,2,1,7) |
| ADULATE | Accord excessive praise mature person almost swallowed (7) |
| EARLYBIRD | Morning person almost doesn't start prison term (5,4) |
| DIPLOMA | Tactful person almost getting certificate of qualification (7) |
| YOGURT | Second person almost upset basket of curdled food (6) |
| YOKING | Man depressed by second person almost getting into bondage |
| AMPHIUMA | Some current person almost catches island salamander in Alabama |
| VERMICELLI | Loathsome person almost at jail insisting primarily for pasta, perhaps (10) |
| MIDGE | Biting insect getting small person, almost (5) |
| AGENDA | Items of business information original person almost absorbs |
| SPORE | Person almost ruined reproductive body (5) |
| BERLIN | American composer, person almost enthralling both sides (6) |
| DEADRINGER | Person almost identical to another (4,6) |
| SHRIMP | A common insignificant person halfshrunk a little pest (6) |
| SQUIRT | Issue liquid in a jetlike stream on a small insignificant person, informally |
| DANDIPRAT | Daughter also arranged a trip for historically insignificant person (9) |
| MINNOW | A fish; insignificant person |
| MINOR | Insignificant person working on a seam, we hear (5) |
| PIPSQUEAK | A small and insignificant person (3-6) |
