| DUETTIST | Key operator, for example, who has to share a bench |
| ISLANDER | Cuban for example who has been vilified by me |
| IDEAL | Dream one has to share (5) |
| NEGATIVE | Operator, for example, in local, ordered gins - w 5dn (8,4) |
| SIGN | Operator, for example, in local, ordered gins - w 24ac (8,4) |
| ANNOTATOR | A critic, for example, who adds to a text and gives explanations for it (9) |
| BIPED | . . . man, for example, who made an offer to cover various exercises (5) |
| VIKINGSEAFARER | Leif Ericsson, for example, who explored the ancient-eastcoast-of-canada region known as Vinland a thousand years ago: 2 wds. |
| SHUNNER | Anchoress for example, who reforms her nuns (7) |
| PIGHEADEDNESS | And he'd captured spies, for example, who showed this stupid obstinacy |
| TYPE | The kind to work as a key operator |
| PIANOSTOOL | Very good answer, it takes nothing to implement support for key operator (5,5) |
| PIANOCONCERTO | Key operator has a leading part in this work (5,8) |
| TOUCHTYPIST | Key operator who doesn't see what's at his or her fingertips |
| PIANIST | Perfectionist maybe disposing of uranium to key operator |
| PIANO | A key operator can make it soft and loud (10) |
| FORTE | A key operator can make it soft and loud (10) |
| SCALLOP | Mistakenly calls the operator for something to eat (7) |
| SAX | Instrument with a solo in Sade's "Smooth Operator", for short |
| PARMAHAM | Standard money taken by a radio operator for Italian food (5,3) |
