| TRUNDLING | Rolling Stones' second, then Radiohead? Flunkey wants Queen (9) |
| HOMER | Who wrote great verses in Radiohead? |
| COMEBACKS | Finish second, then second again, in rallies |
| EXTENSIVE | Oriental kiss takes 10 seconds, then I've captured broad (9) |
| UNDERLING | Endless stress close to breaking flunkey (9) |
| FOUNDLING | Outcast Foreign Office flunkey's no ruler (9) |
| BLACKEYES | Results of fighting British flunkeys guarding earl? (5,4) |
| CARDINALNUMBER | Red, indigo's second, then brown one, perhaps? (8,6) |
| OPTS | Competes every second, then chooses (4) |
| STUMBLE | Falter for a second, then fall (7) |
| BRONZE | Brazil's first and second then French XI in third place (6) |
| SHORTEN | Condense the second, then, or rewrite it (7) |
| MONTH | Second, then less specific date reference |
| STOP | Quit being second, then first (4) |
| STARRY | Shining for a second, then take one's time (6) |
| TICKLED | Second, then was first. Delighted (7) |
| ASSUCH | A second, so great in itself (2,4) |
| RETESTS | Runs at Longchamp and is second, so tries again (7) |
| HALFANHOUR | Oh...back in eighteen-hundred seconds then? (4,2,4) |
| MINCEPIE | 30 seconds, then another piece of Christmas food (5,3) |
