| DUNCE | Not a great performer, but he has been capped! |
| AMATEUR | A mature performer, but unpaid (7) |
| OVERCAST | A finished set of performers, but the result is dull (8) |
| MUSTARD | It's not being a great performer in heavy going (7) |
| OPERASTAR | A porter shuffled around like a great performer (5,4) |
| MAESTRO | Most are capable of becoming a great performer (7) |
| REFEREE | Not a player, but he has his cards (7) |
| HELOT | Only a serf but he has a fortune (5) |
| HERR | German, but he has a British car (4) |
| HADJI | He has been a pilgrim to Mecca. (5) |
| SITAR | Great performer may carry one, being a music-maker |
| VIRTUOSA | Returning in part, has outrivalled great performer |
| BRANDBECKHAM | Bank on big money - call partner not a great player but a marketing phenomenon |
| SEVERAL | More than a few, but not a great number |
| MINNOW | A natural swimmer but not a great one (6) |
| LYNG | This lead guitarist lives in New York but he has got a second place, about two miles from Swanton Morley (4) |
| RADICAL | I'd get Clara to change him but he has such extreme views (7) |
| ATHERS | Popular cricketer, nicknamed, but he has his irrational haters (6) |
| ARCHES | Maybe they're fallen but he has the cars (6) |
| COLONIST | Lost coin in disorder, but he has decided to settle (8) |
