| WHENIGROWUP | The Beach Boys asked, "How will it be ... to be a man?" (4,1,4,2) |
| SHADOWCABINET | How sad can it be to be wasted on the front bench? (6,7) |
| PRODUCE | To work in the theatre world may be to be a manufacturer (7) |
| RARITY | One of a kind, how will it become airworthy? (6) |
| PEORIA | How will it play in ___? |
| OPTICS | No exercise, not even in cosy setting! How will it look? (6) |
| TEETOTALLER | He prefers to be a man lacking spirit (11) |
| VIOLA | What is the name of the Twelfth Night character who pretends to be a man? (5) |
| CORRESPONDENT | One in a divorce action holds the right to be a man of letters (13) |
| PHARAOH | "If to be fat be to be hated, then ____'s lean kine are to be loved" (Henry IV, Part I) |
| CRUSADER | Group's helper said to be a man on a mission (8) |
| STANDAT | To be a man, put a little back (5,2) |
| NOAH | Refusal by a husband to be a man of rescue |
| PASSENGER | Col Green found to be a man on a bus (9) |
| MARINER | Jolly right to be a man of the sea (7) |
| OWL | One was asked "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?" |
| ORNOT | Mel Brooks had a surprise hit in 1984 with the Hitler Rap, also known as To Be ... To Be (2,3) |
| SINGULAR | How strange it may be to be pre-eminent (8) |
| YENTL | 1983 film starring Barbra Streisand as a woman who pretends to be a man so she can receive an education (5) |
| PETERPAN | 2015 country hit with the lyrics "You'll never grow up / You're never going to be a man / __" |