| RUFFLY | Like a fop's sleeves, perhaps |
| DANDYISH | Like a fop |
| COXCOMB | Man in stern will tend his hair like a fop (7) |
| SCUFFLES | Scraps in short sleeves, perhaps, cycling (8) |
| ARMBAND | Give group guns to put up sleeves perhaps |
| ODDSOCKS | What puppeteers have up sleeves perhaps is strange to begin with? On the other hand, they're not con |
| SKIPJACK | A fop; a historical type of toy fashioned from a fowl's wishbone; a click beetle; a US boat for oystering; a bonito; or, a species of tuna (8) |
| SWELL | A bulge; a rise; a heaving of the sea; a loudening; or, a fop or a beau (5) |
| BUCK | A dandy or a fop; a stag; or, a word used in a phrase meaning "shift responsibility onto another" that derives from passing the dealer marker to the next player in poker (4) |
| TAT | A heart on one's sleeve, perhaps, casually? |
| TATTOO | Part of a sleeve, perhaps? |
| BEAU | From Latin for "charming, fine, gay, handsome", a man attentive to dress or fashion, aka a dandy or a fop; or, a belle or maiden's ardent admirer, boyfriend, lover, spark or swain (4) |
| ACE | Something up your sleeve, perhaps |
| INK | It's used to create an arm sleeve, perhaps? |
| DANDY | Figure a fellow a fop (5) |
| FOOLSPARADISE | A soldier's a fop conjuring up unrealistic state of happiness (5,8) |
| DUDE | Cowboy is no dud 'e just looks a bit of a fop(4) |
| DUDISH | A dandy or fop's obsession with fashion, finery and stylish charm; or, the manner of an overly meticulous city slicker, once visiting a ranch or farm (6) |
| DANDILY | As a fop might |
| DANDIFY | Make a fop |