| REPAIRMAN | Mechanic, perhaps, one calling back about a couple of items |
| PAIR | I knock back about a couple (4) |
| PICKTOPIECES | Choose a couple of items, without wife to criticise |
| ASTEROIDBELT | A couple of items boxer may have, circling ring? (8,4) |
| RETRIEVAL | Second hearing about a couple of events being brought back (9) |
| SPITITOUT | Talk a lot about a couple of Italians - don't hold back (4,2,3) |
| FIBONACCI | Mathematician's false statement about a couple of constants being over one |
| RESENTFUL | Indignant, but calm about a couple of points (9) |
| AMERICANS | About a couple of sleeper spies (The ---------) |
| ALMAMATER | Old school needs to adjust about a couple of degrees |
| REVERSION | Act of going back about a particular account |
| METALLIC | Constant thing recalled about a couple of pounds of gold? |
| CANARY | Singer making a call about a couple of articles |
| TRILLED | Examined in court about a couple of pounds, sang like a canary |
| DAPPER | Back study about a couple of political leaders looking very spruce (6) |
| REQUIRE | Need about a couple of dozen sheets of paper (7) |
| BEALLANDENDALL | Main issue: alarm about a couple of lands warring about English (2-3,3,3-3) |
| SKILLET | Satirical sketch about a couple of students, essentially needy, and a long-handled frying pan (7) |
| SHABBY | Hesitant about a couple of books in poor condition (6) |
| BEGGAR | Mendicant to carry about a couple of gallons |
