| ODDBALL | The curious dance of an eccentric (7) |
| LIMBO | Dance of an uncertain period |
| RUMBA | Latin dance? Curious dance, stopped halfway through |
| NUCLEAR | Like the energy of an eccentric uncle with a warm heart (7) |
| PANLOAF | Pal of an eccentric Scottish sandwich maker |
| SWINDON | Town in which Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is set (7) |
| BEATRIX | Dawn French drama, Roald & -------: The Tail of the Curious Mouse (7) |
| FINCHER | David ?, Best Director Oscar nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (7) |
| TAOISTS | The curious toast is "Philosophers!" (7) |
| MAYISEE | Query from the curious |
| APSIS | Either of two points lying at the extremities of an eccentric orbit of a planet, satellite, etc. |
| INFOMANIA | The latest thing? Fashionable aim of an eccentric |
| PERUSE | Read of an eccentric peer touring the States |
| WONGA | Slang word, similar to the name of an eccentric Dahlian chocolatier, for boodle, brass, dosh, dough, lolly, loot or other pecuniary gear (5) |
| DAG | (Australian / New Zealand) slang of an eccentric or noteworthy person |
| CHARACTER | Letter of an eccentric person (9) |
| AFORENAMED | *Mentioned earlier read of an eccentric (10) |
| GONZO | From Italian for "fool" and Spanish for "bumpkin, goose", word meaning "absurd, bizarre, crazy" that is used in reference to journalism of an eccentric, exaggerated or subjective nature (5) |
| FITZGERALD | Author whose Tales of the Jazz Age collection includes The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (10) |
| SILVERBLAZE | Stolen racehorse in the Sherlock Holmes story featuring "the curious incident of the dog in the nigh |
