| ASSAI | Overtures from Arthur Sullivan, such as Iolanthe, could be very musical |
| TURNAHAIR | Flinch from Arthur, in a fix (4,1,4) |
| SUE | ___ Ellen Armstrong from "Arthur" |
| TALLYHO | Reckoning overtures from hostile officers may be a call to meet (5-2) |
| ALLEARS | Royal couple unsettled by large, large dues could be very, very attentive (3,4) |
| AUSTERE | From mid-January into Easter could be very cold (7) |
| DOUBLEUS | Overtures from Wagner which blues duo restyled? (6-2) |
| MUSIC | Recollected overtures from concert in total harmony (5) |
| TACKLE | Attempt story about overtures from Cimarosa and Korngold (6) |
| ADVANCES | Prepayments to authors with overtures from the opposite sex (8) |
| EXCELSIOR | Surpasses overture from Ireland or overture from Stenhammar (9) |
| COSTTHEEARTH | The other acts could be very expensive (4,3,5) |
| LARGERTHANLIFE | Gran if all there could be very imposing (6-4-4) |
| AVALANCHE | Slip that could be very cold? Hot in a skirt |
| STANLEYKNIFE | Dirk perhaps chasing Oliver's partner? One could be very cutting |
| ASHEN | A second layer could be very pale (5) |
| GADGET | Ted puts a gag on what could be very useful (6) |
| ONTHEGO | Heading off for 30 days, I could be very busy (2,3,2) |
| DEFINITE | Fine diet could be very clear (8) |
| FRIEZE | This rough cloth could be very cold, we hear (6) |
