| PERPETUAL | Perennial favourite in examination not having succeeded |
| EVERGREEN | Perennial favourite is not deciduous (9) |
| OLDIE | Perennial favourite, golden ... |
| WHATKATYDID | Which 1872 novel by Susan Coolidge became a perennial favourite of girls? (4,4,3) |
| GIFTHORSE | Freebie (oral examination not recommended) (4,5) |
| ONCEOVER | Cursory examination not repeated (4-4) |
| ORAL | Examination not really putting off odd characters |
| FIELDTEST | Examination not under laboratory conditions (5,4) |
| ATRIA | Advanced examination not requiring large halls (5) |
| RIGHTGLOVEINSPECTION | Meticulous barracks examination not using the left hand? |
| ELECTED | In court in English city, not having succeeded (7) |
| ONONESLASTLEGS | With surgery in Los Angeles not having succeeded, found in this state? |
| SEACHEST | Trunk examinations -- not right on time (3,5) |
| INCANTATOR | Not having succeeded in transaction, being bad speller |
| FINZI | Composer unknown in the end, not having succeeded |
| TRAINING | Making intense efforts, not having succeeded in practice |
| TRICKY | Disgusted, not having succeeded in attempt to be deceitful |
| LATIN | Not having succeeded, bottom in demanding subject |
| AFTER | Behind, not having succeeded in final course |
| HEARTOFOAK | Shook with fear at not having succeeded, possibly? Not me! |
