| BOSWELL | His life was that of a self-styled harmless drudge |
| JOHNSON | A famously "clubbable" conversationalist and man of letters, but also a hater who held many a grudge - his famous 1755 dictionary, full of sly definitions, includes "Lexicographer: a harmless drudge" |
| APPLE | Tell's target? His son, who was that of his eye (5) |
| THESUICIDE | A movie that will be a one-off? A bit of a self knock-off? (3,7,5) |
| SQUAD | A movie that will be a one-off? A bit of a self knock-off? (3,7,5) |
| NERDS | Devo members, in a self-styled way |
| NERDY | Like Devo's members, in a self-styled way |
| WHITAKER | Oscar winner as a self-styled "King" |
| WARRENMITCHELL | Actor whose most famous role was that of Alf Garnett |
| IDI | Given name of a self-proclaimed king of Scotland |
| ICANDOTHIS | Words that might be part of a self-pep talk |
| MARLENEDIETRICH | German-American actress whose breakout role was that of Lola Lola in 1930's The Blue Angel (7,8) |
| BOPARA | Ravi ....... England cricketer whose first Test wicket was that of Sri Lanka's Prasanna Jayawardene at Galle in 2007 (6) |
| ISAAC | Hebrew-derived name meaning "he laughs" which, ironically or funnily enough, was that of the brilliant but serious scientist Newton, alleged to have laughed precisely twice (5) |
| LEXICOGRAPHER | Harmless drudge who orders what's in books? (13) |
| VIGILANTE | Member of a self-appointed group of citizens organized to maintain order and punish wrongdoers |
| SCHWAB | Founder of a self-named brokerage firm |
| ELITIST | Member of a self-regarding group (7) |
| BARR | Roseanne of a self-titled sitcom |
| FALSE | Untrue result of a self change (5) |
