| IAMHE | Start of a walrus song (yes, by the Beatles) |
| EYE | Lone viewer? Yes, by the sound of it |
| TUSK | What is the tooth of a walrus (4) |
| DELAY | Led astray, yes, by the postponement (5) |
| IVORY | Tusk material of a walrus (5) |
| TUSKS | Pointy parts of a walrus |
| INTERMEDIARY | In the past, examination by the press leads to reform? Yes, by mediator! (12) |
| HANDOUTS | Donations, yes, by a thousand variations (8) |
| NOD | Say yes by moving one's head |
| GAY | Yes, by midnight is merry (3) |
| SOUGHT | Second-to-none leader wanted? Yes, by ... |
| NODONESHEAD | Say yes by gestures? (3,4,4) |
| RATHER | Emphatically yes by preference (6) |
| SIERRAS | Mountain ranges in Spain? Yes, by mistake, though (7) |
| MORSE | Type of code in which letters and numbers are represented by dots and dashes; an old name for a walrus; or, Colin Dexter's inspector character (5) |
| SEAHORSE | Fish with an equid-like head; the fabulous hippocampus; or, an old word for a hippo or a walrus (8) |
| MOUSTACHE | A walrus a home's cut out for (9) |
| CARPENTER | Did a river fish get inside, to join up with a walrus? (9) |
| CONKLIN | Chester ___, American silent film actor often seen with a walrus moustache (7) |
| DROOP | Hang like a walrus mustache |
