| LIBERTINE | Large individual, Edward VII acquiring name as this |
| TELEMANN | TV personality acquiring name as composer (8) |
| TOMTHUMB | A grave 16 inches long in a Lincolnshire church is purportedly that of someone with the same name as this folklore character |
| MERCHANTSHIP | First person, Republican guy, acquiring name with this unusual vessel (8,4) |
| IMPRUDENCE | I am joining puritan church, acquiring name for recklessness (10) |
| RENOWN | Buffalo-owner acquiring name and fame (6) |
| EPONYM | Mope aimlessly around city, acquiring name |
| PROVINCES | Experts acquiring name outside the capital |
| WRONGS | Criminal grows acquiring name for unfair actions (6) |
| THRONGING | Jamming in concert, acquiring name after moving north |
| OBLIVIOUS | Unaware of large individual in the clear (9) |
| ENORMOUS | Extremely large individual put up resistance, to sumo wrestling |
| ALONE | A large individual yet solitary (5) |
| HOMEALONE | A large individual going under in film (4,5) |
| LIEIN | Large individual, one in Bonn, prolonged stay in bed (3,2) |
| GREATTIT | Flier, large individual in island race (5,3) |
| FROLIC | Play about large individual in short dress (6) |
| LONE | Large individual without a companion (4) |
| LEI | Garland for extremely large individual (3) |
| GIANTESS | Large individual's double helping of seconds after eating out |
