| NUTCRACKERSUITE | Lunatic, off his trolley, completely unable to start composition |
| FRUITCAKE | What waiter may bring for tea - one off his trolley |
| STONEDEAF | Completely unable to hear (5,4) |
| SOLOIST | Musician completely unable to follow the music, I claimed |
| ILLITERATE | Completely unable to write after being unwell, repeat (10) |
| BLINDASABAT | Completely unable to see |
| STONEBLIND | Completely unable to see number hidden by extreme placings of sight screen (5-5) |
| ACE | Unable to start to confront expert |
| WITHOUTACLUE | Morse completely stumped, unable to start the crossword (7,1,4) |
| CANTATA | Choral work is unable to start to attract cheers (7) |
| SCANTY | Inadequate soprano is unable to start to yodel |
| EXTANT | Unable to start instrument, but is still in existence |
| LAYOFFS | Crucial matches unable to start: because of these? |
| EARNER | Money-making scheme trainee driver's unable to start (6) |
| LOTTO | Artist's drunk, unable to start |
| MATCHLESS | Possibly unable to start a fire without peer |
| ABUNUWAS | Classical Arabic writer noted for his beautiful, homoerotic lyric verses: "I die of love for him, perfect in every way/ [...] His waist is a sapling, his face a moon/ And loveliness rolls off his rosy |
| SPITE | He's cut off his nose to ___ his face (5) |
| LISTEN | The Andrews Sisters sang, "The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back; The monkey grabbed his neck and said, 'Now ... Jack; Straighten up and fly right" |
| TOES | "... and cut off his thumbs and his great ___"(Judges 1:6) |
