| SIZEABLE | Quite big, but not immeasurably so |
| LAREDO | Texas city's big, but not good, party (6) |
| PEDIGREE | Crack big, but not black, with deeper descent (8) |
| BISECT | Big but not good religious school cut in two (6) |
| JUSTINBIEBER | Barely trendy big but not good musician, losing head as superstar (6,6) |
| CULBOKIE | Where in Scotland? Clue - big, but not grand - ok, maybe? (8) |
| HUE | It's colourful and huge, but not grand (3) |
| MISLAID | Domestic gathering is large, but not here (7) |
| REAL | Are unusually large but not fakes (4) |
| NAIROBI | Under new leader, African capital, large but not grand, is a different place |
| CARABINERO | Foreign policeman in vehicle with a large but not good emperor (10) |
| MAJORITY | With the circled letters, large but not often vocal voting bloc |
| LEDGE | Shelf not quite big enough for the accounts book |
| SLIGHT | Not very big, but still an insult |
| THROMBI | Clots, them Romans - not half big, but no good (7) |
| LITTLE | Not big but left with new title |
| ELAN | Belgian not big but has flair (4) |
| SLAT | Strip of wood not quite big enough for roofing material (4) |
| LARGO | Broad and slow and not quite big enough? Nothing to it! (5) |
| EGO | It can be quite big in Hollywood |
