| THEBAN | Veto put on the capital chap from Ancient Egypt (6) |
| URGENT | Chap from ancient city demanding immediate attention |
| ABACUS | A block or tablet on the capital of a classical architectural column; or, a frame with beads for counting units, tens, hundreds etc, that is the ancient ancestor of the modern calculator (6) |
| SCROLL | Volute or similar motif in the form of a curl of paper/parchment, as seen in art, on the capital of a column or at the end of a stringed instrument such as a violin (6) |
| SCARAB | Bug-shaped amulet from ancient Egypt |
| MANILA | Capital chap boxer knocked over (6) |
| ALEE | Beer on the capital of Egypt, out of the wind |
| OPTIC | Through which spirits pass from ancient Egypt, leaderless (5) |
| ACANTHUS | A shrub or herbaceous plant native to the Mediterranean region depicted on the capital of a Corinthian column |
| BARITONE | A fellow singer may blackball it on the capital of England |
| ECTYPE | Copy chap from the City of London (6) |
| GREEDY | Chap from Athens for the most part extremely dreary and covetous (6) |
| TUT | Teen king from ancient Egypt |
| SENET | Board game from ancient Egypt |
| FIGROLL | Type of biscuit presumed to date from ancient Egypt whose mass production began in Philadelphia in 1891 (3,4) |
| IONIC | Order with scrolls on the capitals |
| TROJAN | Hard-working chap from city of Paris (6) |
| ADONIS | Handsome chap from cricket side, one appearing in posters? (6) |
| INDIAN | Terrible din precedes chap from Chennai (6) |
| SOMBRE | Serious chap from Spain disposes of heroin for son (6) |
