| INJURE | Toughen around the James the First but do some harm (6) |
| SINNER | The winner lost his head, got a new start but did some nasty things (6) |
| INSURE | Protect and toughen around top of skull (6) |
| IDLED | I'd gone first, but did nothing (5) |
| FOLLOW | Don't be the first, but succeed (6) |
| ADIOS | Broadcasts not the first but the last word |
| SOFTC | The first (but not the fourth) letter in "circle" |
| DAMAGE | It will do some harm to a mother, the years (6) |
| ARMADA | Fleet may do some harm, Adam (6) |
| REJECT | Give someone the brush off about James the First revolution, etc. (6) |
| JUMPER | James the First expresses hesitation to republican coming back from Jersey (6) |
| JETHRO | James the First with other person (6) |
| JEERED | Ridiculed James, the first from Spain to order deer (6) |
| JARGON | Looking back, no love in Ireland for James the First in one's own language (6) |
| INAJAM | Having trouble with James the First over crazy mania (2,1,3) |
| MORRIS | Some harm or risk in this traditional kind of dancing? (6) |
| WATSON | James -; the co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the doublehelical structure of DNA (6) |
| JESSIE | The one captured by James the outlaw is a girl (6) |
| ELMORE | ___ James, the so-called "King of the Slide Guitar" |
| CORDEN | Blimey, study James, The Wrong Mans co-star (6) |
