| OUTWEIGHS | Tips the balance? Dismissed, we sigh brokenly (9) |
| OBESE | Honours even at first, likely to tip the balance? |
| FORECOURT | Figure dismissed, we hear, in part of garage (9) |
| CAUGHTBEHIND | Captured bum? Dismissed! (6,6) |
| CLINCH | Piece of cake contains the pounds that tip the balance (6) |
| COURT | Enclosed space dismissed, we hear (5) |
| SPAGHETTI | Tips the cooks, including silver, for noodle dish |
| OBSCURITY | Sob brokenly - the city within a city is in darkness |
| RESIDENCE | Where one lives with need, cries brokenly (9) |
| MADHATTER | Brokenly, old king stands against northern fellow (3,3,2) |
| ALWAYS | Cobbler's tool tips the scales, we hear, every time (6) |
| WEIGHIN | When the fight is in the balance? (5-2) |
| SUSPENSEACCOUNT | Where the money hangs in the balance? (8,7) |
| BIRTHWEIGHT | "All shook-up," The King with big first recording in the balance? |
| TIGHTROPEWALKER | Highly strung individual whose future hangs in the balance? (9,6) |
| DESPERATEBID | Frantic attempt made when a lot is hanging in the balance? (9,3) |
| TOT | Count tips the other two (3) |
| ARREST | Pick up, after tips, the others (6) |
| VALID | Victoria tips the lid on what is wellfounded |
| FOREVER | Always tips the ref over! (7) |
