| DYAK | Malaysian in Borneo, extremely doughty and keen at first |
| BIRK | Keen at first to have a go at climbing Highland tree |
| KNIFEEDGE | One should be keen at such a critical moment (5,4) |
| FORDMADOXFORD | Novelist showing ex-president very keen at university |
| EUREKA | Leading Edinburgh University researchers exeptionally keen at bingo (6) |
| CAKE | Chap keen at intervals to get baked food (4) |
| ATHIRST | Very keen, at his temperature, to swallow right (7) |
| KINGDAVID | Israelite family, extremely gifted and keen (4,5) |
| ENTHUSIASTIC | In case it changes, so absorbed and keen (12) |
| ACUTE | First of athletes attractive and keen (5) |
| CRAFTY | Smart and keen guards at the rear (6) |
| STOLEN | Hot, fast, cool and keen (in absence of forward couples) |
| NEALE | Doughty, Grand National winning jockey in 1984 (5) |
| SPOONERISM | In which a pouty daughter becomes a doughty porter |
| VERA | Popular ITV detective series starring Brenda Blethyn and Kenny Doughty (4) |
| GRUB | Doughty at heart, fondle ferret |
| BRUNEI | Could be in Ur, perhaps, or in Borneo (6) |
| MTKINABALU | Abbreviated name of the highest peak in Borneo and Malaysia (2,8) |
| ORANGUTAN | Ape with red hair found in Borneo and Sumatra (9) |
| KINABALU | Mountain in Malaysia, the highest peak in Borneo (8) |
