| STAYONHOLD | Wait for help, perhaps too long |
| TEMPS | Holiday help, perhaps |
| NANNY | Live-in help, perhaps |
| TELEGRAPH | Great help, perhaps, in speedy communication (9) |
| ELEPHANT | Neat arrangement, getting help perhaps from a Jumbo (8) |
| TEMP | Summer help, perhaps |
| FLASHINTHEPAN | One-off success of supporter taking help, perhaps, grasping one's clue (5, 2, 3, 3) |
| PADDLE | It helps, perhaps, when you're up the creek! (6) |
| PENNYPINCHING | Near miss, perhaps: too close for comfort? |
| SUDDEN | Perhaps too abrupt for hundreds of French in bright daylight |
| APOSTROPHE | Guardian's printers use this, perhaps too loosely (10) |
| PORT | Marseille, perhaps too French in retrospect (4) |
| OILCLOTH | Tarpaulin perhaps too chill at sea (8) |
| HOTTUB | Spa feature perhaps too much in activity centre |
| SUGARY | Sweet, perhaps too much so (6) |
| HAM | Actor perhaps too fat? (3) |
| NOTINTIME | Mention it, perhaps, too late (3,2,4) |
| SLICK | Smooth, smart, but perhaps too oily |
| LOSER | He drops, perhaps - too many points? (5) |
| EXTREMES | They're perhaps too far to go to (8) |
