| POINTLESS | Quite vain, to be blunt (9) |
| FUTILE | Worthless good-for-nothing was quite vain (6) |
| PROUDASAPEACOCK | Quite vain |
| COXCOMB | Being in charge of the crew, it makes him quite vain - the fool! (7) |
| DOWNRIGHT | To be blunt, is losing the match, OK? (9) |
| OUTSPOKEN | Nose put out of joint about approval, to be blunt (9) |
| NAVIGATES | Negotiates - vain to negotiate with a billionaire (9) |
| WALLFLOWER | Person waiting in vain to be asked to dance (10) |
| IDLE | It is vain to be unoccupied (4) |
| DEVIANT | Ted, trying in vain to be odd (7) |
| OVATION | Too vain to be stirred by enthusiastic applause (7) |
| PLAIN | To be blunt, I intend to incarcerate (5) |
| OBTUSE | To be blunt, you must go by bus to the East (6) |
| ELEVEN | To be blunt, don't ever get the French to come over before noon |
| INSIGHTFUL | Quite perceptive yet occasionally didn't sense they were at capacity, to be blunt |
| TERSE | To be blunt, it's for chopping trees (5) |
| BALD | Like The Eagles? Only some, to be blunt (4) |
| SHOOTFROMTHEHIP | This minute photo of her is flawed, to be blunt |
| IMPAIR | One thousand twins, to be blunt |
| EXPLICIT | No longer wants quiet constitutional, to be blunt |
