| ORNITHOLOGY | Study of 9s involved only two 11s? Right! |
| PREROGATIVE | Give a porter tips? Right! (11) |
| ENTAILED | Involved only half of talent, and suffered (8) |
| NOMINAL | In the main, Lon is involved only in name (7) |
| ONES | Pair of 11s? |
| THELADYS | Why 4/7 banned 11s? (3,5,3,3,7) |
| TURNING | Why 4/7 banned 11s? (3,5,3,3,7) |
| NOTFOR | Why 4/7 banned 11s? (3,5,3,3,7) |
| ROUSER | One to inspire the flower of York? Right! (6) |
| YEAH | Knocks back one of the vitamins in stable diet? Right! (4) |
| UNRIG | Strip down parts of shotgun? Right! (5) |
| ONTHEALERT | Drinking a lot of beer? Right! Watchful, too! (2,3,5) |
| LIEN | Borders of Lincoln green? Right! (4) |
| LETTER | Writer of detective stories? Right! (6) |
| DEXTER | Writer of detective stories? Right! (6) |
| LAWFUL | Left far from right? Right! |
| STARBOARD | Excellent group of directors? Right! (9) |
| JUSTICE | Only cold dessert? Right! |
| DIOR | Couturier needing half of studio? Right! |
| GAMEPRESERVER | Keeper in football to bottle it perhaps? Right! (4-9) |