| ERUPTIVE | In hospital, it's up to Bond ringing Victor to lose the head perhaps (8) |
| SWOON | Lose the head perhaps as skinhead won over job centre (5) |
| SOSA | Runner-up to Bonds for the 2001 N.L. MVP |
| DACTYL | Father and Charlie visit Tyler dropped in hospital - it's to do with the foot? How poetic is that? ( |
| OPAL | This will have to be removed in hospital. It's a gem! (4) |
| TEMPORAL | Part-time office worker to lose the head with honourable type - it's only a matter of time (8) |
| ORANGERY | Sorry to lose the head when winged creature almost got trapped inside greenhouse |
| SKIVVIES | Does the menial work to travel on snow with Victor to compete on Square (8) |
| ENVELOPE | Package produced in central Vienna gets Victor to take the honey and run! (8) |
| ARCHIVAL | Cary, in reality, mostly gets Victor to replace book of records (8) |
| DESOLATE | Standing to lose the appointment about it, is most unhappy (8) |
| STRAINED | & 8Ac. Tried to lose the lead? (8,2,3,5) |
| SOLITARY | So literary to lose the Queen alone (8) |
| ATTAINED | Won some races, having been prepared to lose the first two |
| FLYINTOA | Party leader has admitted tellin' stories to lose the plot (3,4,1,4) |
| UMBERTOI | King losing head, perhaps 100 to 1 (7,1) |
| LOSEABET | Have to shave one's head, perhaps |
| ICEPACKS | Cook chickpeas without hydrogen: just the things for cooler heads perhaps (3,5) |
| OZONE | It's the wizard's place to lose the head on pitch - and that can be toxic in the upper echelons (5) |
| LINKUP | Associate left - and the writer uses it to lose the head on drink (4,2) |
