| CASEINPOINT | Leading character in inspection organised to set suitable example (4,2,5) |
| PARAPHRASE | Present alternative rendering, albeit parallel - here represents a suitable example, primarily! (10) |
| PROTAGONIST | Leading character in a play, novel, etc |
| MIDDLEMARCH | Note about sheep raised by leading character in Hardy novel |
| FARMANIMALS | Most of the leading characters in "Babe" |
| TRAINSET | Toy in inspection recalled, water having got in (5,3) |
| CHECKPOINT | Make sure of detail in inspection area (10) |
| LOOKSEE | Shed, empty, gaining approval in inspection (4-3) |
| THINNEST | Most inadequate hotel and pub exposed in inspection |
| MANHOLE | Fellow found fault in inspection chamber (7) |
| AUDIT | Eulogistic comment out of place in inspection |
| AUDITS | Fraud? It's mostly found in inspections of accounts (6) |
| BOAZ | Husband of Ruth in the Bible and leading character in Dickens |
| AITCH | A longing to be the leading character in horticulture (5) |
| IOTA | Leading character in Iliad (likewise in our translation, additionally?) (4) |
| TWIDDLE | Play with leading character in turmoil, case of denial in general (7) |
| AFFRIC | Leading characters in action film find romance in crisis in a glen (6) |
| LACONIC | Hasn't much to say to The French Connection's three leading characters in charge (7) |
| SOREL | Leading character in Stendhal's masterpiece |
| SIKHISM | Potentate ditching ambassador is leading character in Moslem religion (7) |
