| GYMNASTIC | Stingy Mac could be quite acrobatic (9) |
| RUNINTO | Encounter with Mac could become unromantic (3,4) |
| CREAMINGOFF | Taking the best offering Mac could give (8,3) |
| LOADSTONE | Put on some weight; it could be quite magnetic (9) |
| STERNE | A writer who could be quite uncompromising, note (6) |
| PREMEDITATED | Odd time departed could be quite intentional |
| POPTHEQUESTION | Suggest union could be quite honest, following report |
| QUESTIONMASTER | Quiz compere could be quite a monster about start of show |
| ABNORMAL | For a little boy, regular routine could be quite unusual (8) |
| HEADBANGER | A heavy metal fan could be quite foolish (4-6) |
| INTENSE | A new time, grammatically, could be quite concentrated (7) |
| PAR | A hit in return could be quite normal |
| DISTANT | Girl's French relative, mostly, could be quite aloof (7) |
| GREAT | Sounds like a frame of metal bars could be quite huge |
| UNDERACLOUD | Could be quite shady when suspected of wrongdoing (5,1,5) |
| ASS | A Mongolian one could be quite wild |
| ELEGANT | A gentle production could be quite graceful (7) |
| EXTREME | In a former time, engineers could be quite intense (7) |
| COHERENT | The crone could be quite understandable (8) |
| DEMURE | Rude me, could be quite prim |
