| MILLION | Medium one left by cat a great deal (7) |
| TOMATO | Beefsteak maybe found by cat, a Manx one (6) |
| TALON | What's covered by cat -a long claw (5) |
| STYMIE | Hold back fashion when replacing large with medium one |
| DIME | Medium one may not amount to much (4) |
| ILLNESS | One left by large loch with bug (7) |
| HOGWASH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit (7) |
| HOGARTH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit |
| MARMITE | Apparently from "hypocritical" and "muttering cat", a French word for a lidded cooking pot from which a brand of "loved or hated" savoury spread for bread derives its name (7) |
| SYMPTOM | Extremely shy politician gets a cat, a sign of disease (7) |
| SAATCHI | Advertiser gives his cat a cuckoo (7) |
| PRIAPUS | Pair trained Manx cat, a divine male (7) |
| PERSIAN | Cat a sniper shoots (7) |
| GRAMPUS | Lightweight Manx cat's a killer at sea (7) |
| CHEETAH | The cat's a mean fiddler, I declare! (7) |
| SCOURGE | This cat's a pest (7) |
| IBERIAN | The common name for this most endangered large cat, a species of lynx limited to two populations spanning a few pockets of habitat in southwestern Spain. |
| STROPHE | Section of choral ode - give cat a this for terrible disaster |
| CHIRRUP | Sound of birds - forty nine - followed by one made by cat in retreat |
| THANKSA | Saved by cat from Sri Lanka, Tom cheers (6,1,7) |
