| ALIENATOR | One antagonises a retired man, backing duty list |
| ALIEN | A retired man from a foreign land |
| DETERRENT | It restrains a retired man rambling in speech |
| SETAPART | Separate rates designed to cover a retired man or woman |
| ALIENATE | Antagonise a retired man at back of queue (8) |
| ORDER | Treat as a dogsbody RUC man backing lawyers on strike (5,5) |
| ITALIANVERMOUTH | One incomplete story by man backing clergyman opening drink (7,8) |
| NEVADA | Northern man backing a western US state (6) |
| NORTHERN | At a higher latitude, man backing the Royal Navy (8) |
| BORROWER | Retired man (one of eight, possibly) who has ignored advice of Polonius |
| CLIENT | Retired man in court, one consulting lawyer, perhaps (6) |
| GOLDENRETRIEVER | One in mourning embraces aged, retired man's best friend (6,9) |
| INHABITANT | A certain habit antagonises those hanging around resident |
| GIFTOFTHEGAB | Present old paper to that man backing case with ability to talk hind legs off a donkey! (4,2,3,3) |
| MASCARA | With which to black the eye of man backing into a car in front (7) |
| THISISDIRTYWORK | Overheard at the SFMOMA: offended viewer in front of Arbus's "Retired man and his wife at home in a |
| LEON | Name of man backing another in Spanish city (4) |
| DOBBIN | Tip of writer, man backing horse (6) |
| NELUMBO | Small man backing boss on sacred lotus (7) |
| DETEST | Hate man backing exam (6) |
