| SIMPERED | The editor's in his prime but gave such a silly smile (8) |
| USEDCARS | Cures sad, sick types, no longer in their prime but still capable of going on the road (4,4) |
| SWEDEN | Country editor in his element turned up (6) |
| ODD | Like every prime but the first |
| OBTUSELY | Rating, sullen about destroyer prow in such a silly way (8) |
| BESTOWED | The finest were indebted but gave as a gift (8) |
| SIMPERER | One with a silly smile |
| EVACUATE | Completely empty, but gave a cute play with no end of acting (8) |
| OLDTIMER | Past his prime, he may still be useful in the kitchen |
| CEBULSKI | C.B. ___ American writer who succeeded Axel Alsonso as the Editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics |
| ASTEROID | The editor's disturbed by a heavenly body (8) |
| SELECTED | Chosen as the editor's elect as it were (8) |
| VARIORUM | Bratislava, Rio, rumba were part of the editor's notes (8) |
| ENDORSED | Finally an alternative and the editor's been disturbed by its being sanctioned (8) |
| MANIFOLD | Bloke, when past his prime, diversified |
| SIMPER | The Prime Minister accepts a rise with a silly smile (6) |
| CUJO | "... a Saint Bernard in his prime, five years old, nearly two hundred pounds in weight ..." |
| PASTIT | Embracing a good man, mine's no longer in his prime (4,2) |
| EMPIRE | Eric, in his prime, initially had a widespreading dominion (6) |
| ALI | "The greatest," in his prime |
