| NEVADA | Northern man backing a western US state (6) |
| CLEMENTINE | Drowned daughter of a miner in a western US folk ballad |
| DOBBIN | Tip of writer, man backing horse (6) |
| DETEST | Hate man backing exam (6) |
| ENTRAP | Old man backing off, retiring to corner (6) |
| ALFRED | Great man backing out of negotiations under flag of truce (6) |
| OREGON | North-western US state (6) |
| NORDIC | Man backing daughter in charge of Scandinavia |
| ANTIMACASSAR | Chair-covering a northern man, Charlie, carried in a vehicle |
| NIRVANA | Northern man digesting Bible, reaching a state of bliss |
| ABANDONED | A northern man in a bed unoccupied |
| ORDER | Treat as a dogsbody RUC man backing lawyers on strike (5,5) |
| ALIENATOR | One antagonises a retired man, backing duty list |
| NORTHERN | At a higher latitude, man backing the Royal Navy (8) |
| MONTANA | For retirement, a little spot outside N Western US state (7) |
| GIFTOFTHEGAB | Present old paper to that man backing case with ability to talk hind legs off a donkey! (4,2,3,3) |
| MASCARA | With which to black the eye of man backing into a car in front (7) |
| ANDES | A Northern man identifying mountain range (5) |
| ANALYTIC | Breaking down, a northern man upset financial area |
| DYLAN | Dudley will tail a northern man (5) |
