| COMMANDANT | Order an emmet to be head of a body of troops (10) |
| DETACHMENT | At last, need to match up with a body of troops (10) |
| CONTINGENT | Happy bringing in gin cocktail for a body of troops (10) |
| PRIMEMINISTER | Get ready to pump man of church to be head of government (5,8) |
| AITCH | A longing to be head of Harrow, perhaps? |
| EYEWASH | The compiler reportedly used to be Head of History? Nonsense |
| PRESIDENT | Offer I had received to be head of the board |
| COMPLEMENT | Emmet, plc.? No possibility! It's how to bring things up to their entirety (10) |
| CORPORAL | Word for "head", hence a soldier in charge of a body of troops; or, a leader of a gang of miners (8) |
| SERPENTINE | 2020 Derby winner ridden by Emmet McNamara (10) |
| DETAIL | Based on "to cut", a word for an individual fact or item; an area of a painting or map considered/studied separately from the whole; or, a body of troops set apart for special duty (6) |
| TINAFEY | "You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute." She was the first woman to be head writer on Saturday Night Live. |
| CHRISPRATT | Actor who has voiced Emmet Brickowski in the upcoming animated film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part: 2 wds. |
| ANT | Insect referred to as an emmet in heraldry and in parts of Cornwall (3) |
| FORELAND | Head may be head of fox or antelope (8) |
| MAJORDOMO | Officer to act with the doctor and be head of staff (5-4) |
| ANTELOPE | An emmet will run off and marry a ruminant (8) |
| DEAN | Senior member could be head of the school |
| REARGUARD | A body of troops protecting the back of an army (9) |
| CHADOR | My covering had to be head cloth (6) |
