| OVERACHIEVE | Old girls saving vital energy perform surprisingly well (11) |
| ISLA | Scots girl's saving scheme with pound invested (4) |
| WORLDFAMOUS | Old forum was surprisingly well-known (5-6) |
| MENANDWOMEN | Old boys and old girls perhaps (3,3,5) |
| CHIROMANCER | Vital energy deployed by lothario — might he ask for your hand? |
| 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) |
| ITALICISE | Put a certain slant on It girl saving lives |
| ALUMNI | Old girls maul, surprisingly, with no intimacy at first (6) |
| SLANG | Old girls returned, embracing new vulgar language (5) |
| ALUMNAE | Direction to follow new manual for old girls |
| RITE | Quinceanera, for 15-year-old girls |
| OILRIGS | Old girls worried about independent fuel sources (3,4) |
| WOMEN | The old girls now crazy about me (5) |
| MOLASSES | Sweetly thick sort of male seen with old girls |
| HIBACHI | Japanese cooker hot with vital energy, one degree higher (7) |
| CHIMNEYS | Nothing's deducted from funds underpinning vital energy ___ there's stacks left (8) |
| CHINOOK | Vital energy brought to hole is wind (7) |
