| OVEREAGER | Secretly disapprove re a German being too fanatical (9) |
| ALSO | Too fanatical sometimes, some of the characters (4) |
| REDUNDANT | Shout about journalist and German being obsolete (9) |
| AMERICANS | They"re a blend of the main races! (9) |
| RURALDEAN | Cleric excited re a land containing Biblical city |
| MIDSTREAM | Re a sort of arms timed half way across (3-6) |
| NARCISSUS | A bloomer he made, being too fond of his image (9) |
| OVERPROUD | Unwanted reminder about upper-class being too conceited (9) |
| OVERHASTY | Being too rushed, has appeared in Open at end of July (9) |
| CONCEITED | Leading character once tied up for being too egotistical (9) |
| CREDULOUS | Being too ready to believe things could sure upset (9) |
| OVERLYING | On top of being too trendy (9) |
| INELASTIC | Building castle in air, losing cover, being too rigid (9) |
| OVERTIRED | Verdi tore the script apart, being too weary (9) |
| NOTORIOUS | Infamous, being too sour in travelling (9) |
| DEFEATISM | The state of being too ready to accept failure (9) |
| VALUATION | On Dragons' Den, entrepreneurs are often criticised for this being too high (9) |
| LASSITUDE | Being too weary, oddly, to undo dog's clothing (9) |
| ARTILLERY | Class of military weapons that are mounted due to being too heavy to carry (9) |
| MINIBEAST | Antlion, boatman, frog-hopper, harvestman, lacewing, ladybird or other tiny entomological invertebrate animal which, despite being too small for a backbone, thus spineless, wields immense power in its |