| ANTELOPE | Poet, along with elan, trained a fast ruminant (8) |
| HOMERED | Old Greek poet along with journalist scored with a hit (7) |
| SOUTHEY | Robert -; one of the three main Lake Poets, along with his friends Coleridge and Wordsworth (7) |
| STYLISTS | Word for coiffeurs, graceful athletes, hairdressers, image-makers, prose masters, wordsmiths or others who work with elan or panache (8) |
| LEONARDO | Painter splashing door with elan |
| ACADEMIA | Collegiate world trained a center and a running back (8) |
| YEARLING | Nigel Ray trained a young racehorse (8) |
| LABRADOR | Arab lord trained a retriever (8) |
| LEAPFROG | Trained a golfer to adopt professional's leading game (4,4) |
| RHAYADER | Welsh market town near the Elan Valley reservoirs... makes her a dray (8) |
| ADRENAL | A doctor with elan, perhaps, describing a gland (7) |
| LADIESMAN | Does he seduce maids with elan? |
| GENTLEMANSAGREEMENT | Engagement terms settled with elan, but this isn't enforceable |
| LARKINESS | Being frisky risks being confused with elan |
| BALDERDASH | Hot air socialist research centre's served up with elan (10) |
| CORRELATE | Compare Rolls with Elan no end in Riviera? (9) |
| LAPDANCER | Maybe one with elan stripped off and pranced exotically? |
| SENESCHAL | Steward playing chess with elan (9) |
| ORNAMENTAL | Matron, with elan, produced something decorative (10) |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Song drunk lady sung with elan |
