| OVERACHIEVE | Old girls full of vital energy perform surprisingly well |
| SHEESH | Yikes, that girl's full of energy and hyper at the outset |
| DEMI | Not a girl's full name (4) |
| REMODELLING | Giving new style to funny old men, girl full of energy (11) |
| READINGGAOL | Girl full of love after perusing location of ballad |
| LIKELY | Promising girl full of dynamic energy |
| VITAL | Spirited girl full of sex appeal |
| JUNOESQUE | Tall and buxom girl full of random, timeless quotes (9) |
| FLASHINESS | Loud girl full of dazzle and ostentation (10) |
| GRUEL | Slop for heartless girl, full of regret (5) |
| WORLDFAMOUS | Old forum was surprisingly well-known (5-6) |
| APPOSITE | I sat with pope, surprisingly well suited for the purpose (8) |
| OVERACHIEVER | Lady sleuth entering, her voice shaky for one doing surprisingly well! (12) |
| ACCORDINGTOPLAN | Cad can prolong it surprisingly well (9,2,4) |
| MANAGEABLE | Fellow with a beagle, surprisingly well-behaved? (10) |
| ALUMNI | Old girls maul, surprisingly, with no intimacy at first (6) |
| MENANDWOMEN | Old boys and old girls perhaps (3,3,5) |
| GNOCCHI | Starchy food providing vital energy, endless line of dancers flipping over it |
| CHILLI | Vital energy recycling poor source of heat (6) |
| QIGONG | Chinese meditational art of flowing with and cultivating one's vital energy (6) |