| NUBIGENOUS | Made of clouds sufficiently large (but a couple short) in reflected daylight |
| BFLATS | They're a couple short of C notes |
| NEARSIDE | Britain's left PM a couple short, going back through north-east |
| FOR | "1 = 2, ___ sufficiently large values of 1" (math joke) |
| SAMPLE | Small but sufficiently large specimen (6) |
| FREESAMPLE | Releases sufficiently large promotional gambit (4,6) |
| OVERPAR | Settled couple, short of iodine, doing worse than expected |
| DUE | Outstanding couple short of time (3) |
| VULPINE | Foxy lady's top in reflected light, invisible before long (7) |
| ALBEDO | Consort lost right to perform in reflected light (6) |
| REHEARSAL | Try to be seen in reflected light for practice (9) |
| UMPTEENTH | The last of a large but unspecified number (9) |
| STEREOS | A cubic metre - very large but sound equipment |
| HORNBILLS | Tropical birds of Africa or Asia which have large, but comparatively light, beaks |
| APROPOS | A rugby forward, very large, but suitable (7) |
| ALF | TV series of the large but friendly alien who always wanted to eat the cat (3) |
| PALMTREE | Large but unbranched evergreen plant of tropical and warm regions (4,4) |
| SKRY | Forecast onset of rain in place of clouds |
| ARCUS | In the middle of March we see some patch of clouds (5) |
| SILVER | According to a metaphor for optimism, a precious metal forming the edges of clouds (6) |