| BLANDISHMENT | Somewhat insipid blokes? Time for flattery (12) |
| ATONEMENT | Reconciled with blokes? Time for satisfaction (9) |
| SEDIMENT | Side beaten by blokes? Time for bank deposit? |
| COVET | Wish you had given the bloke time |
| FORGOTTENMAN | Yesteryear's bloke? If Mandela's that, there's a crooked deal (9,3) |
| POSTPONEMENT | Playful knockers spread over page one? Time for delay (12) |
| DISLODGEMENT | Speak against Masons? Time for expulsion (12) |
| READJUSTMENT | Understand fitting, chaps? Time for alteration (12) |
| FLANNEL | An originally Welsh woollen textile for clothing; a facecloth; or, from the idea of soft warm fabric, a word for flattery, soft soap or vague talk to avoid a difficult subject (7) |
| FAVOUR | The sort of curry used for flattery (6) |
| COURTIER | An attendant of the queen who looks for flattery (8) |
| PRAYS | Begs for flattery, say (5) |
| FLEECH | Scottish word for flattery (6) |
| ODES | They're formed for flattery |
| HEMEN | No active achievement for these blokes? Hardly! (2-3) |
| BUTTER | From "cow cheese", a churned dairy spread or "scrape" said to be liked if a "goldcup" of a celandine-like meadow flower reflects yellow under one's chin; or, a word for flattery (6) |
| SOAPBOX | Public speaker's platform for flattery getting left-leaning former pupil cross (7) |
| MEMENTO | Encountered love, embracing blokes? This helps you remember |
| THETWO | Fantasy about a couple of vehicle recovery blokes? (3,3,6) |
| TOWERS | Fantasy about a couple of vehicle recovery blokes? (3,3,6) |
