| ALECK | Smart, but maybe he could lose a kilo (5) |
| ADHERENT | A supporter, but maybe he daren't ... (8) |
| DUE | Expected a nobleman to lose a kilo |
| LUCID | I could lose nothing, being clear in my mind (5) |
| LOUSE | Scoundrel could lose university input (5) |
| STING | Smart, but mean to miss a year |
| DUDES | Smart, but they're useless around closing time (5) |
| NASTY | Smart, but with change of heart, becoming unpleasant (5) |
| RAINY | Boffin - smart, but hardly fair? (5) |
| SLICK | Smooth, smart, but perhaps too oily (5) |
| TENOR | In opera, maybe, he turned up in a coronet (5) |
| RULER | Maybe he's graduated as a governor? (5) |
| MOSES | Fellow issuing commandments could lose some recruits, on reflection |
| NERDY | Smart but possibly also cool |
| ALFIE | Maybe he nearly failed to make that movie? (5) |
| SHEIK | Oil-rich, maybe, he hikes around (5) |
| GRAMS | 1,000 make a kilo (5) |
| STEAK | Somehow eats a kilo of meat! (5) |
| BACON | Working again, having lost a kilo of flesh (5) |
| ROOST | Rooks shed a kilo by end of night here (5) |
