| BOXERSHORTS | Possible mini-documentaries about a best friend's pants (5,6) |
| BASSET | Ringing a second best about a best friend |
| GOLDENLABRADOR | A best friend's anniversary party, a party bishop holds |
| KENNEL | We hear boy's going to a best friend's place |
| CARRIAGEDOG | Herbie for one was furious about one blunder a best friend spotted |
| DISCOURAGEMENT | Documentaries about German capital causing gloom (14) |
| EDUCATE | Documentaries about losing minors' letters in train (7) |
| REEVE | Simon hosts documentaries about first lady (5) |
| OFRICHES | Amazing documentaries about Franc and Henry creating unimaginable wealth (8,2,6) |
| UNDREAMT | Amazing documentaries about Franc and Henry creating unimaginable wealth (8,2,6) |
| BEARD | Mary _, scholar who presents TV documentaries about Ancient Rome (5) |
| BEAMMOVIES | Documentaries about skyscraper construction? |
| SCORSESE | Martin --, director who has made documentaries about history of US cinema and Bob Dylan (8) |
| MANICURESET | Digital products without party broadcast documentaries (8,3) |
| CORGI | Ponder when half-cut about beginning to ring a best friend (5) |
| ALECBALDWIN | It's Complicated actor who narrated the scientific documentaries Journey to the Edge of the Universe and Frozen Planet: 2 wds. |
| JEREMYIRONS | Dead Ringers actor who narrated the scientific documentaries The Last Lions and Life on Fire: 2 wds. |
| FIRSTMATE | ... and a best friend from day one had a position of power, in the main (5,4) |
| GREATDANE | A best friend of Kierkegaard, perhaps? (5,4) |
| SAUSAGEDOG | A "best friend"'s tragic error defending nursing practice |
