| CHIMERAS | Wild fancies or silly scare about that man (8) |
| HESITATE | Think twice about that man central to strikes in Ireland (8) |
| TALISMAN | It's about that man, Al - the charmer! (8) |
| HESITANT | Unsure about that man's computer department bug (8) |
| CHIMNEYS | Vents about that man's joints on radio (8) |
| IMAGINES | Thinks, fancies or conjectures (8) |
| NONSENSE | A word for balderdash, gibberish or gobbledegook; foolish behaviour; humbug; that which is manifestly false, illogical or silly; trivial things; or, absurdity, such as that exemplified by the verse of |
| PANCREAS | Criticise scare about gland (8) |
| DECREASE | Moderate scare about entering river (8) |
| CAREERS | Silly scare about going in for various pursuits (7) |
| ASCERTAIN | Find out it's silly scare. About a box (9) |
| SCATTER | Broadcast a silly scare about a race |
| PANDEMIC | Scare about half of medics being withdrawn in serious outbreak |
| SHAMROCK | Scare about ram running amok in plant |
| WHIMWHAM | A light and fanciful old reduplication, possibly from the notion of "wandering eyes", for a curious trifle, odd device, queer trinket, ridiculous notion or silly fleeting thought (4-4) |
| PETITS | French word that pairs with "fours" for little cakes or fancies or with "pois" for small sweet young peas (6) |
| IMAGES | Ideas or fancies; or, pictures obtained by cameras (6) |
| INCREASED | Added to the silly scare that in the end I quashed (9) |
| CHIMERA | Idle fancy about that man, English artist (7) |
| CHIMING | Ringing about that man in Gateshead (7) |
