| ALLUDES | Suggests Matt, in the main, is heading in the wrong direction |
| SEQUOIA | To the French what, in the main, is a tree? |
| ISLE | A piece of land, in the main, is left at the end (4) |
| NOMINAL | Chaney, in the main, is now seen in name only (7) |
| ISLET | A small place, in the main, is rented (5) |
| PIRATE | I talk foolishly about one who, in the main, is a thieving type |
| SAILOR | One in the main is quite right to conceal trouble |
| LIFERAFT | Prisoner given a paper that, in the main, is used for emergencies |
| ASTERN | In the main, is going backwards (6) |
| ISLAND | Isolated feature in the main is secure |
| SHIPSHAPE | Design of a vessel, in the main, is neat and proper (9) |
| SEASICKNESS | Complaint in the main is about kiss scenes, revolting (11) |
| SUBLIMINAL | In the main, is bull better when registered unconsciously (10) |
| ALLATSEA | Everyone in the main is disorganised (3,2,3) |
| DAMON | Matt in the 2024 heist movie "The Instigators" |
| BIONDI | Matt in the International Swimming Hall of Fame |
| LAUER | Matt in the morning |
| TOTHEPOINT | Pertinent when heading in the direction of the head (2,3,5) |
| MAUDLIN | The beginnings of the universal donor list, in main, is overly sentimental (7) |
| ONCOURSE | Where a golfer may be seen heading in the right direction (2,6) |
