| DEATHSDOOR | Novel hero at odds, at this nearly done for (6,4) |
| SPHERE | Odds at this point offering a round figure |
| ALMOSTHOME | Nearly done with the return trip |
| HEATHCLIFF | Novel hero finds open ground on mountainside (10) |
| NINETOFOUR | How can you get only half the odds at 7.50? (4-2-4) |
| STEERFORTH | David Copperfield's hero at Creakle's school (10) |
| HATCHETJOB | Hero, at first hot, abject in ordering assassination (7,3) |
| BOWIEKNIFE | Weapon named after a hero at the Battle of the Alamo (2 wds.) |
| COMERAINOR | Micronesian hero at sea whatever the circumstances (4,4,2,5) |
| RACEHORSE | Novel hero cares for nimble mount (9) |
| MINE | "This Nearly Was ___" (South Pacific tune) |
| WASTAGE | This nearly all gets away, somehow |
| NECKTIE | Americans wear this nearly new kit, possibly in church (7) |
| THEMINDSEYE | This nearly needed my quaintly personal view? (3,5,3) |
| GRIN | Look happy when dull work is nearly done |
| ALLOVERBARTHESHOUTING | Very effusive towards semiotician, with hard journey nearly done |
| THERIVALS | Comedy in that place, nearly done by four, too short |
| GROAN | Grand horse, a novel hero (5) |
| LEAVESOMEONEINTHELURCH | To abandon a person in trouble could make novel hero seem unethical |
| TOMSAWYER | Novel hero we may sort out |
