| MINNOW | Very small freshwater fish or a person with little influence |
| SKINHEAD | Family man wearing blue's a person with little up top? (8) |
| ABODE | A person with little energy in home? |
| PARTNER | One of a pair of players on the same side in a card game; or, a person with whom one dances (7) |
| REDNOSE | Feature of Rudolph or a person with a cold, perhaps |
| PERCH | A pole, rod or stick; a roost; a linear measure of 5A yards; a high chair; a unit of stonework; a spiny-finned fish; or, a frame on which to inspect cloth (5) |
| CASSOULET | Person with little energy in acting group is in a stew |
| CATCH | A grasp or take of something, such as a cricket ball, fish or a cold (5) |
| STARLING | And a leading man had a fish, or a bird (8) |
| COOP | A hen house; a wicker basket for catching fish; or, a prison cell (4) |
| FRACTIONALLY | A little influence in loud meeting |
| ROACH | Freshwater fish - or just one of the Dark Peak's rocky crags? (5) |
| TINPOT | Having little influence, as a dictator |
| PIKE | Freshwater fish, or an olympic dive position |
| MILLERSTHUMB | Small freshwater fish with a broad, flattened head (7,5) |
| EGOCENTRIC | Self-centred person with little regard for others (10) |
| IMP | Tip-off weak person with little troublemaker (3) |
| SAP | Undermine person with little sense (3) |
| EGOIST | Conceited person with little regard for others (6) |
| DUDE | Dandy is ineffectual person with little energy |
