| MINIMALLY | Note colleague as little as possible |
| ACTUALLY | Make a move with university colleague, as it happens (8) |
| SPARRINGPARTNER | Knocks over band colleague, as one is supposed to take it on the chin from one's betters (8,7) |
| EXPERIMENTALLY | I'm regularly seen interrupting knowledgeable colleague as lab work is carried out (14) |
| TICKOVER | Do as little as possible, as it sounds like it's out of time (4,4) |
| NOTMUCHTO | Wearing as little as possible when there's little to do (3,4,2) |
| ONECLUB | Blue (Conservative) characters bid as little as possible (3,4) |
| IRREDUCIBLE | Builder Eric rebuilt as little as possible (11) |
| STINGY | Spending as little as possible |
| SKIMP | Pay as little as possible |
| LEAST | Haphazardly steal as little as possible (5) |
| MEERKATS | Mongooses with timid vermin mixing as little as possible (8) |
| SCRIMP | Small pinch makes you spend as little as possible (6) |
| MINIMUM | Show short skirt to Mum, revealing as little as possible (4,7) |
| BARE | Show short skirt to Mum, revealing as little as possible (4,7) |
| MINIMISE | Make as little as possible of what is in mime (8) |
| TSELIOT | He said the most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible |
| LASTMINUTE | Stay as small as possible, with very little time to go (4,6) |
| MINIMISED | Made as small as possible (9) |
| MINIMAL | As small as possible |
