| SPLITHAIRS | To cavil may be a problem, off the top of my head? |
| GET | "___- out of my head? |
| IMPROMPTU | Off the top of my head goes such a remark, like: I'm on time to hear you at the end! (9) |
| ROOTS | Off the top of my head, they're embedded in the plot (5) |
| ATAGUESS | USA gets a convertible, off the top of my head (2,1,5) |
| OLDHAT | It is out of date, off the top of my head (3,3) |
| ANTLER | "0 dear!" says the deer, "from the top of my head can't see the point." (6) |
| PARIETAL | Will eat pilar bone off the top of my head (8) |
| ASIRECALL | "Off the top of my head ..." |
| MEMBRANE | To me, the top of my brain sounds like a thin layer of tissue (8) |
| SUMACH | Shrub of the Rhus family may be a problem planted next to a church (6) |
| TRELANDER | They are building a dental practice right next to the riverside, at the top of my road near Truro (9) |
| WHATS | 4 Non Blondes "Scream from the top of my lungs, ___ going on?" |
| TODO | It's at the top of my ___ list: Hyph. |
| CACTI | Prickly types beginning to cavil before start of play |
| QUIBBLE | From legal nuance to pun or paronomasia, today's meaning of the word ranges from carp and cavil triflingly to nit-pick to the point of absurdity (7) |
| SACHA | What was the first name of the 1960s/70s French singer of Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head ? (5) |
| INSOMNIAC | Dropping off may be a problem for this person |
| NOBODY | Cipher may be a problem in a murder case |
| TEASER | Providing a faultless tea service may be a problem (6) |
