| OBSCURER | Old surgeon - successful one, presumably - less well-known |
| NOTBORNYESTERDAY | Fly presumably less than 24 hours old? |
| CONSTANTINE | Emperor presumably less trustworthy in the West? |
| CORNWELL | David ___, name by which John le Carre is less well known (8) |
| INCHCAPEROCK | Less well-known name for reef off Angus coast (8,4) |
| BESIDES | Less well-known tracks around east too |
| NOWNOW | Less well-known owner giving mild rebuke |
| PARKERPYNE | Agatha Christie sleuth less well known than Poirot (6,4) |
| SIDESHOW | For the less well-known characters performing in Chips, for example, and Hawaii Five-O, for instance (8) |
| SAWBONES | Spotted Bachelor of Surgery nursing one old surgeon (8) |
| OBSCURE | Little-known old surgeon's restoration to health |
| OPERATOR | A report doctored in support of old surgeon, perhaps? (8) |
| OBSCURED | Hid that old surgeon smoked perhaps (8) |
| GLISTER | Good old surgeon showing sparkle |
| BLISTERED | Old surgeon confined to bed with boils? (9) |
| OVERHEAT | Old surgeon taking in flightless bird that's become too feverish (8) |
| PAREGORIC | Historical remedy, of course, for one presumably shot, for example, by old police force (9) |
| TIPPED | Backed first demo record? One of The Stones predicated it could go to Number One presumably! (6) |
| POSSESSED | Owned by the devil for one presumably (9) |
| NORMALLY | One presumably unwilling to co-operate with the Marines in the main |
