| PERIPHERAL | Of little significance that her applier failed (10) |
| TANGENTIAL | Beat first of teams in friendly of little significance (10) |
| SITTENFELD | Curtis who said that her novel "Romantic Comedy" was inspired by " 'Saturday Night Live,' my love of celebrity gossip, and my love of love" (April, 2023) |
| POWDERPUFF | Cosmetic applier daughter used in government advert |
| PAINTBRUSH | Artist's applier |
| TRIFLE | Layered pudding of cream, custard, jelly and sponge cake whose name, meaning "thing of little significance", is apt, for it is of little consequence to make and very easy to eat (6) |
| SMALL | A return of fifty pounds is of little significance |
| BAGATELLE | Top-of-the-table game is something of little significance (9) |
| DERISORY | Is nothing in part of Northern Ireland of little significance? |
| MYNA | A bird of little significance, by the sound of it (4) |
| ADROPINTHEOCEAN | Result of being 2 is of little significance (1,4,2,3,5) |
| TRIVIAL | Of little significance (7) |
| SMALLPOTATOES | Chats of little significance (5,8) |
| SLIGHTED | Of little significance? Editor is insulted! (8) |
| TWERP | Colloquially what is a silly person or one of little significance? (5) |
| SLIGHT | Inconsiderable / of little significance |
| SLEIGHT | Cunning of little significance to listeners |
| MINER | Boring insect of little significance, it's said |
| LIGHTWEIGHT | Person of little significance |
| PETTYOFFICER | It's of little significance to committee member working overseas (5,7) |
