| CENTREOFGRAVITY | Most important part is often very tragic, if misguided (6,2,7) |
| PITH | Most important part is to turn up on trend about time (4) |
| PALETTE | The old man, short character that is often very colourful (7) |
| INSTRUMENTALIST | Perhaps cellist playing important part is German (15) |
| AIDS | Helps in very tragic illness for listeners |
| DIAMETRIC | Am I direct, if misguided? Quite the opposite |
| FLAIL | All, if misguided, can thrash about (5) |
| PERSAEPE | Very often, very frequently |
| OVERUSE | Too much exercising leads to often very enervating wheeze (7) |
| DESSERTS | Decadent ones are often very rich |
| LARKS | High jinks ___ and they're often very high! (5) |
| GUPPY | Tank occupant, often very quiet when trapped by a man |
| SIBERIA | Sun's beginning to come over peninsula, a place often very cold |
| STONEOF | Unorthodox doses, often very small symbolic rock (5,2,7) |
| DESTINY | Unorthodox doses, often very small symbolic rock (5,2,7) |
| CHORD | An often very short railway line connecting two others |
| MIDPOINT | Halfway across lower down back is the most important part (8) |
| KERNEL | Is a nucleus the most important part of anything? (6) |
| CLIMAX | Might claim ten is the most important part (6) |
| KEYSTONE | Gem behind map legend is the most important part (8) |
