| MAN | Spider or He (3) |
| HES | He is or he has contracted ? |
| THE | Cop in this series or he pretends to be - see 25ac (3,9) |
| EEK | "A spider!" or "A mouse!" shriek |
| CREEP | Word for the careful, gradual or prone crawl or inch of something such as a bug, crocodile, fog, spider or Virginia vine; a sheep hole, meuse or smeuse; or, a fawning sneak (5) |
| HERO | He's brave or he wouldn't be one |
| STAYER | Either he won't go or he keeps going! (6) |
| RESPONDER | Cop in this series or he pretends to be - see 12dn (3,9) |
| NANNIES | Female counterparts of male billies or he-goats; or, custodians who act in loco parentis for children (7) |
| IMAM | From Arabic for "lead the way" or "he guided", title, found in the name of a "swooning" aubergine dish, of the prayer or salat leader of a mosque (4) |
| THEWASH | What she or he's recollected as feature of East coast (3,4) |
| STRIKER | He's out - or he's attacking on the field! (7) |
| ATTERCOP | Obsolete or dialect word for spider or ill-natured person (8) |
| SONG | "He's So Fine" or "He's So Shy" |
| ARANEOUS | Word, from "spider" or "spider's web", meaning "cobwebby" (8) |
| AHOYTHERE | A greeting, one they - or he - exchanged |
| IMPERSONATOR | Stop marine pollution or he takes off |
| TYPIST | She or he may produce it (6) |
| CANTOR | Cannot or he would lead the singing (6) |
| SAILOR | Spinnaker, or he who hoists it (6) |
