| NOBELIST | Top award designation Everyman's beginning to enter ... no, second-tier (8) |
| OPENDOOR | An invitation to enter; no dope or corruption (4,4) |
| TONYBLAIR | Former British Prime Minister who at 43 was the youngest to enter No 10 in the 20th century (4,5) |
| EGOT | Multi-award designation for Goldberg, for short |
| JAMBOREE | Spot dullard beginning to enter festival (8) |
| GOESINTO | Enters no-go site, very rashly (4,4) |
| ORGANIST | Sounds like Hart gets top award as player with musical background (8) |
| GOLDFISH | Angle after top award for a domestic animal (8) |
| EXIST | Everyman's beginning to get kiss, first to occur (5) |
| IMPLODE | Everyman's slog; Everyman's beginning to succumb to pressure |
| NUDGE | Girl's beginning to enter with no clothes on - that may be to attract attention |
| EMAILED | Contacted when Everyman's beginning to get bothered about Frenchman (1-6) |
| ORATE | Regularly taking hour, tatty Everyman's beginning to deliver speech (5) |
| DATE | A little retrograde, Everyman's beginning to seem old-fashioned (4) |
| LEES | Everyman's beginning to tuck into the French wines' worst parts (4) |
| ACHE | In the entrance, adjusting central heating: Everyman's beginning to be a pain (4) |
| BEER | Pint? Regularly bleary, Everyman's beginning to tuck in (4) |
| EDDY | Everyman's beginning to get doddery, regularly in a spin (4) |
| EATS | Everyman's beginning to get a stout chassis, finally - as he does this (4) |
| RIPE | Solemn announcement: Everyman's beginning to be slightly malodorous (4) |
