| PROFOUNDER | He perhaps precedes Conservative, editor said (10) |
| PRONOUNCED | He perhaps precedes Conservative, editor said (10) |
| TODD | Weeney perhaps precedes Mr Carty as EastEnder Mark Fowler (4) |
| STEELE | Essayist and editor said to plagiarise? (6) |
| STATED | Small and tasteless articles, editor said (6) |
| CORDITE | Explosive stuff from Conservative editor revised (7) |
| CONTENTED | Drinking wine, conservative editor is happy |
| CONFIRMED | Inveterate conservative editor keeps running company (9) |
| VERDI | "I've managed to pen overtures to Rigoletto and Don Carlos", he perhaps said (5) |
| GASSIEST | He perhaps takes brief nap, producing most quantities of wind (8) |
| HORSE | Well-shod, she (or he, perhaps) might be a winner (5) |
| THIRDPERSON | He, perhaps, is the reason for an eternal triangle |
| PRONOUNCE | He, perhaps, leads church, say (9) |
| INERTGAS | He perhaps isn't seething with rage |
| ELEMENT | He perhaps needs part for water heater (7) |
| FELLOWFEELING | He perhaps is experiencing camaraderie (6,7) |
| GAS | He perhaps requires odd bits of glass |
| THIRDPERSONSINGULAR | He, perhaps, is a fraction superior to a boy? Strange! |
| ODDMAN | Is he perhaps out to be eccentric? (3,3) |
| NOBLEGAS | He perhaps begs loan uneasily (5,3) |
