| VITALSIGN | Temperature, for instance, would be an important indicator |
| LITMUS | Drunk with problem somersaulting — an important indicator in test |
| SUIT | Diamonds, for instance, would be appropriate |
| HIKING | Mentioned Brian Boru, for instance, would be travelling cross-country |
| ANAGRAM | A ragman, for instance, would make this! (7) |
| BUGBEAR | Phone tap on Yogi, for instance would create a long-term problem (7) |
| SUNRISE | Slang term for an emerging growth sector that is expected to be an important one in the future, ... |
| PRIMENUMBER | 31 may be an important quantity (5,6) |
| HALFTHEBATTLE | Cull in 1746 maybe to be an important step! |
| ELEVEN | 22 may be an important factor in this, and vice versa! |
| HISTORICMOMENT | That man's riot comment turned out to be an important event |
| SOMEBODY | Anyone can be an important person (8) |
| SEEDSMAN | For whom Pip would be an apropriate name? (8) |
| BLACKHEAD | Should first beer be without froth, it would be an imperfection |
| DODDLE | It would be an easy thing for disaffected outsiders to interrupt benefit |
| ERIE | City that would be an apt setting for a horror movie? |
| ASSET | "If only I'd known my differentness would be an ..., then my earlier life would have been much easie |
| SIMPLESOLUTION | Brine, say, would be an easy answer (6,8) |
| TOUCHUP | I felt that expanding RAM would be an improvement |
| MISTAKE | Figuring I'm Keats would be an error (7) |
