| METAPHORICAL | I'm real to chap like this, according to figure of speech (12) |
| METAPHORS | Sherpa Tom turns to figures of speech (9) |
| NUMERALLY | Economy's foremost in political gathering for miners, according to figures |
| DUMBQUESTION | There's no such thing as this, according to a saying |
| WORLD | A tortoise supports the weight of this, according to some legends |
| LAW | Yale is tops in this, according to U.S. News and World Report |
| WIND | The answer was blowin' in this, according to Peter, Paul and Mary |
| ANAPPLEADAY | This, according to the old proverb, keeps the doctor away (2,5,1,3) |
| REMEMBRANCE | The herb rosemary is for this, according to Ophelia |
| ASFARASICANSEE | The horizon may be this, according to my understanding? (2,3,2,1,3,3) |
| BEDPOST | Your chewing gum might lose its flavor on this, according to Lonnie Donegan |
| SWIM | Barry can't do this, according to a Scottish DJ (4) |
| AILSA | Is this 'according to the' Scottish rock, ... Craig? (5) |
| LODORE | This, according to Southey, is a 10 |
| OLDSPORT | Term of endearment from a sti - upper-lip chap, like Gatsby? (3,5) |
| AMERIGO | An adventurous chap like Vespucci, I become trapped under a foreign sea (7) |
| AMERICAN | A boy's name penned by chap like Hemingway, perhaps? |
| IRISHSETTER | Hound a chap like me from Donegal? (5,6) |
| WIDEBOY | Knowingly unscrupulous chap (like Billy Bunter?) (4,3) |
| HUSTLE | Word that follows The Real to give the title of a show co-hosted by Alexis Conran which ran from 2006 until 2012 (6) |
