| WEBER | Operatic composer who might almost have become a brewer |
| PUCCINI | Giacomo, Italian operatic composer who wrote the aria Nessun Dorma (7) |
| SCARLATTI | Composer who might trail cast around (9) |
| COYPU | Shy bear said to have become a rodent |
| SYRIA | Middle East country whose refugees have become a political issue |
| DETECTIVE | Find I have become a policeman (9) |
| ORCHESTRA | Her actors have become a noted group (9) |
| RELATIVE | Later, maybe, I have become a member of the family (8) |
| DEADWEIGHT | Late weekend? Might almost be a burden! (4,6) |
| RETIE | Fix, like shoes that have become a trip hazard |
| MASH | A brewer's mixture of crushed malt grains and hot water; a warm porridgelike bran feed for horses; a champ-like puree of butter, milk and potatoes; any other soft pulpy concoction; or, northern dialec |
| MALT | Something for a brewer with a formal touch (4) |
| YEAST | Ingredient for a baker or a brewer |
| BASSPROSHOPS | Retailer whose hats have become a 2020s trend [You're out of the red ones? Grrr. Can I speak to the manager?] |
| CHUNKY | Word for "heavy, thick", as in a bold knit, bracelet, chocolate bar or lumpy soup one might almost chew (6) |
| EXPANSE | Stretch old underwear, you might almost say? (7) |
| MISER | One so tight-fisted might almost be remiss (5) |
| PETREL | The bird might almost be replete (6) |
| LIQUEUR | Might almost quit lure of Chartreuse, say (7) |
| MAASTRICHT | Treaty might almost precede Chartist Movement (10) |
