| CREATIVENESS | Indigenous person, putting head down among tribe, starts to show superb ingenuity (12) |
| CLANK | Tribe start knocking producing metallic sound (5) |
| BRISTLE | 50 among tribes out to take offence |
| INPUP | Model putting head down, preparing to drop litter? (2,3) |
| HAGGIS | Sleep with soldier, putting head down for a sausage? (6) |
| PIETY | Devotion is irrational, still, putting head down |
| EXISTS | Is MCP putting head down? |
| BRAZIL | Frank Sinatra explained, "Way down among the Brazilians; Coffee beans grow by the millions; So they've got to find those extra cups to fill; They've got an awful lot of coffee in ..." |
| THEONION | Publication with a 1997 headline "Drug Use Down Among Uncool Kids" |
| IKEBANA | Japanese arrangements getting thumbs down among flatpack floggers (7) |
| DEADMEN | 'Down among the ___ let him lie' - John Dyer, c1700 (4,3) |
| SPILL | Upset tablets putting head to tail (5) |
| ETCHING | Attractive topless type putting head on block perhaps (7) |
| GREETS | Receives a pair of waders, say, putting head inside |
| LIONTAMER | Or, ailment he could get by putting head in his charge's mouth (4-5) |
| LOWLINESS | Bird during row starts to show some humility (9) |
| WEAKNESSES | Slithering snakes between you and I, and everything suddenly starts to show our follies (10) |
| HALLUCINATE | Call in hate usually starts to show mental disorder |
| SLOB | Lazy figure starts to show lethargy or boredom (4) |
| BOE | Bank of England starts to show British tenor Alfie (3) |
