| ALLSQUARE | With equal totals like twenty-five and sixteen and nine? |
| STIRRUP | Act like twenty five, accepting rider's initial support |
| ADDS | Totals like an old axe, so to speak (4) |
| SQUARES | Public areas such as 4 and 9? (7) |
| SLIM | Faint total, like the number one? (4,6) |
| FIGURE | Faint total, like the number one? (4,6) |
| ETHELRED | English king between nine hundred and seventy-eight and ten hundred and sixteen |
| TWELVE | Five hundred and sixteen divided by forty-three (6) |
| ODD | Left over, like twenty two? Yes and no! |
| ROD | Old unit of length equal to sixteen and a half feet, also called pole and perch (3) |
| FOR | and 16 and 20: Notwithstanding (3,3,4) |
| RINGWALD | Star of 1980s films Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles, Molly -------- (8) |
| BEON | And 16 and 29 Model bounced online to experience ecstasy (2,2,5,4) |
| EGYPTIAN | Like twenty-two's lover to have tiny page redesigned |
| TUTU | Ballet skirt that looks like twenty two? (4) |
| NEILSEDAKA | US singer and pianist whose hits include Calendar Girl, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen and Breaking Up is Hard to Do (4,6) |
| DYEING | Reportedly sixteen and far from fading (6) |
| NEVERBEENKISSED | 'Sweet Sixteen and -- -- --', 1932 pop song (5,4,6) |
| INEXISTENCE | Being sixteen and nice, though silly (2,9) |
| TROD | Walked sixteen and a half feet after start of tour (4) |
