| SCHOLAR | Learned person, but he may be a mere boy (7) |
| MASTER | The boss may be a mere boy |
| PRISONER | I meet the right kind of person but he's already captured (8) |
| POSTMAN | Hardly a job for a mere boy (7) |
| EMERSON | Writer, possibly a mere boy! (7) |
| TEACHER | He may be a master of form (7) |
| THOUGHT | Imagined to be a mere suspicion (7) |
| ATTACHE | Mostly offensive, he may be a member of the diplomatic corps |
| HACKSAW | Humble writer observed to be a mere tool (7) |
| RUSTLER | Bad man, but he may get the right result (7) |
| REENTER | Become a member again, as penitent person but no pawn (2-5) |
| WRANGLER | Brilliant at maths, but he may be a cowboy (8) |
| SOANDSO | An unpleasant person, but an unnamed one (2-3-2) |
| ERUDITE | Be sure you die true to such a learned person (7) |
| ADONIS | Handsome, but he may be said to be about a back number |
| AMATEUR | Layman is a learned person, amazingly true (7) |
| PINTABLE | A drink, to the fit, may be a mere bagatelle! |
| TREATABLE | May bleat about tear away, but he may be curable (9) |
| GOOF | Stupid fellow, but he may be on the ball (4) |
| TENNISPLAYER | Ian presently sick but he may be rallying (6,6) |
