| ODDSONFAVOURITE | Likely winner, strange boy, getting a fiver out, possibly (4-2,9) |
| FAVOURITE | You may get a fiver out for the most likely winner (9) |
| STANDONESGROUND | Refuse to compromise and send grandson out, possibly (5,4,6) |
| HAVEITBOTHWAYS | Be a likely winner, choosing left or right? (4,2,4,4) |
| TODDLES | How a young child goes about a letter to a strange boy (7) |
| ODDSON | Strange boy is a good bet! (4-2) |
| LIBERAL | Politician a long time getting a bill out, possibly (7) |
| LOUT | Left out, possibly a social misfit (4) |
| FIREDOOR | Nothing in order if ridiculously way out, possibly? (4,4) |
| ANISEED | Herbal product, a likely winner round part of UK (7) |
| SEEDPEARL | Likely winner of "Best Miniature Gems" competition? (4,5) |
| TWOHORSERACE | Contest in which only a couple of contestants are likely winners (3-5,4) |
| TRUMPETER | Leading trombonist takes strange boy to be another member of the band |
| SOMEBODY | Strange boy does marry an important person |
| DUSTPAN | House-holder puts strange boy outside (7) |
| UNCANNY | Strange boy's heading off to New York (7) |
| DOUBLEKNIT | Yarn in Kindle book out, possibly (6,4) |
| GOBSMACKED | Staggered - so getting teeth knocked out, possibly? |
| EVULSE | Pluck out, possibly rip out, repulsive drunk |
| RETAILS | Sells the rest out, possibly, for just a single pound |
