| LETALONE | Isolated without female? Never mind (3,5) |
| STAGNATION | State of inertia in country without females? (10) |
| ALCAPONE | Gangster isolated without cover (2,6) |
| BETRAYAL | Have confidence over investigator (female) - never good to show disloyalty (8) |
| NOMATTER | Total void? Never mind! |
| FORGETIT | Produce a copy of songbird? Never mind (6,2) |
| SEASHELL | Marine mammal, without female, left home for snail |
| MAIDLESS | Without female help, state didn't produce so much |
| STAGNANT | Still without female company, granny's taken to tango (8) |
| USHERING | Running through, without female opening the door (8) |
| SCARFACE | So-called gangster rarely spotted without female on arm, for a start (8) |
| AIDE | Isolated without lost member of staff (4) |
| MERMAID | Female never seen at a London theatre |
| IDOLATERS | Besotted admirers terribly isolated without Romeo (9) |
| SOWHAT | Female on top of sombrero, perhaps? Never mind! |
| IGNORE | English fellow and American soldier getting upset? Never mind (6) |
| THATSONEOFTHOSE | Yonder item identified? Never mind! (5,3,2,5,6) |
| VERMIN | Troublesome animals? Never mind, they're confined here (6) |
| ASYOUWERE | See, our way worked? Never mind (2,3,4) |
| SKIPIT | Press covering Dublin brothel? Never mind! |
