| ISOLATE | Set apart one very much behind time (7) |
| SARGASSO | Argon vapour very much behind source of some marine obstruction |
| GIOCOSO | Game company bringing in one very much in cheerful style (7) |
| NOISOME | Disgusting number one -- very much my sort of thing (7) |
| ISOTOPE | Natural element, one very much on the surface before end of June (7) |
| ISOZYME | Protein, one very much unknown, with unknown mass and energy |
| HACKERY | Polyseme with two meanings that are worlds apart - one for lowly journalism, the other an Indian cart (7) |
| SITTINGDUCK | Nothing supporting meeting, one's very much exposed to criticism (7,4) |
| MANXCAT | One pursuing mice - and it's not much behind |
| ISOLATES | When one places something apart, one does what (8) |
| ABSENCEMAKESTHE | Where demonstrators face bank, ghee is thrown: so one's very much 3 when 12 (7,5,3,5,4,6) |
| TWIN | One very much like another in the severest winter |
| HATES | What Les heads off one very much dislikes (5) |
| SEED | Children, one very much fancied |
| RIGHTHANDMAN | One very much relied upon |
| OTIOSE | Futile debut of one very much sent up during match |
| ADORER | One very much likes fuss over ace crowd-puller, last of all |
| FAIR | Just one very much outside (4) |
| OSSIAN | One's very much bowled over by an Irish poet |
| SIMPLETONS | There's much behind plain for gulls |
