| LICKONESWOUNDS | Retire after defeat, as befits a boxer? |
| REGAL | Large representation, as befits a king (5) |
| WISELY | Desire cut short, see, as befits a sage (6) |
| STANDOFFISHLY | In an aloof manner as befits a type of rugby player? (13) |
| GOURMET | Try cocktail of rum and French, as befits a connoisseur (7) |
| BEATUP | Act as befits a ram and attack |
| UTOPIAN | You ultimately number one chap, as befits a wonderful dream? (7) |
| HUSSAR | Rush, as befits a horseman (6) |
| FILIAL | Mother ups and leaves with respect to relatives, as befits a daughter (6) |
| LOW | Such humour befits a bit of a clown (3) |
| LLOYDGEORGE | Gee - Old Glory ill befits a British PM! |
| NEANDERTHAL | Neck, head and leather befits a primitive man (11) |
| FIREALARM | Dynamism, as befits marines giving warning of danger |
| REGALLY | Properly grand inside, as befits monarch |
| SAGELY | Go down and see, as befits one who is wise |
| ACCOMPANISTS | They play along with Tom's cold panic as befits (12) |
| BALLETIC | Be twitching with everyone joining in, as befits some dancing (8) |
| APTLY | Now and then carpet empty library as befits it? |
| ELLA | She'd still be the old queen of jazz, as befits her, namely. (4) |
| ELGRECO | I had to retire after recasting Coleridge as a painter (2,5) |
