| DONKEYSYEARS | What Midas was given, extremely sensibly hidden, so long ago (7,5) |
| THECOMMONTOUCH | Ability to mix with ordinary folk? Opposite of what Midas had? |
| GOLDEN | What Midas had and his employer got when he left? (6,9) |
| HANDSHAKE | What Midas had and his employer got when he left? (6,9) |
| USEDONESLOAF | Acted sensibly and made sandwiches? (4,4,4) |
| LYRE | If you rely apocryphally on what was played so long ago? (4) |
| ASSEMBLYLINE | Male sensibly rearranged factory feature |
| SPINYLOBSTER | Port sensibly distributed seafood |
| MAST | Relative given extremely sweet nuts from the forest (4) |
| MEDICINE | Florentine family given extremely nice treatment (8) |
| DEEDPOLL | In small valley fresh dope is hidden, so one might change name (4,4) |
| CAMOUFLAGED | Hidden so as to blend in (11) |
| LURKER | Remained hidden so as to wait in ambush (6) |
| LURKING | Remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush (7) |
| DOT | The year when it all began so long ago (3) |
| LADLE | Youngster given extremely large spoon |
| UNDETECTED | Hidden, so far |
| ATTHISDISTANCE | Dreadful taste in ties, Mitch and I - all so long ago now (2,4,8,2,4) |
| ACTIONMAN | Yo! That kids' toy so long ago started a trend with G.I. Joe. (7,3) |
| BEPRACTICAL | Cable car could tip over, so act sensibly! (2,9) |
