| OPENSESAME | Oscar writes English just like a phrase used by Ali Baba (4,6) |
| THELIKE | Man dressed as Scotsman upset English just the same (3,4) |
| OPENSECRET | Oscar writes on English island mostly, one's not well-kept |
| OPENAIR | Oscar writes melody outside. (4-3) |
| OPENLETTER | Should Oscar write to this character, intending correspondence to be published? |
| YOURETOAST | A phrase used to indicate that the person being addressed is in deep trouble |
| SESAME | Seems a strange herb, openly used by Ali Baba |
| PAPERTIGER | Film starring David Niven; or, a phrase used to describe something that seems threatening but is act |
| ABLEBODIED | "Temporarily ___" (phrase used by accessibility activist Ed Roberts) |
| HOTELWORLD | 2001 novel by Ali Smith |
| SUNKEN | A mistletoe root; a US word for a doughnut; an unbuoyant person or thing, such as a weight; or, part of fishing-tackle that, with "hook" and "line", is referenced in a phrase used to mean "completely" |
| ALLBALL | Rhyming phrase used by a basketball player called for a foul after a successful block |
| THIEVES | Forty were thwarted by Ali Baba, this coming about the night before (7) |
| FORTY | How many thieves were encountered by Ali Baba? (5) |
| NOHARM | First-half-of-a-phrase-used-to-forgive-a-benign-mistake |
| OMEGA | Greek letter, second part of a phrase used as a title for Jesus (5) |
| ROPEADOPE | Boxing tactic used by Ali |
| BEAUMONDE | From the French meaning "beautiful world", a phrase used to describe the "bon ton"; or, a variety of |
| NOTGUILTY | Phrase used by foreman when a sentence would be wrong |
| IDIOM | Phrase used by one daughter, ten, a lot (5) |
