| BUNNYBOILER | Woman reacting to slight burn. i.e. nobly flinching (5-6) |
| SCOLD | Tell off for getting burn, I heard (5) |
| MOM | Mr. Burns: "I specifically said no geeks!" Milhouse: "But my ___ says I'm cool." |
| WITHDRAWING | Flinching |
| MAGNANIMOUS | Nobly generous |
| MAGOOOOHING | Myopic cartoon character reacting to fireworks? |
| FACEPALMING | *Reacting to a "d'oh" moment |
| FREERADICAL | An atom or group of atoms containing at least one unpaired electron and existing for a brief period of time before reacting to produce a stable molecule |
| THING | Good to put an end to slight obsession (5) |
| SINGE | Is given the gen on how to deal with a slight burn (5) |
| THINKOUTLOUD | Say what's on your mind to slight Kelvin for all to hear (5,3,4) |
| TEMNERE | To scorn, to slight: recorderis verbum Graecorum, cut |
| WHITELIE | Placing rest behind ball on table leads to slight stretch (5,3) |
| BLEACH | Severely criticise effect in colour from slight burn (6) |
| TAKEITONTHECHIN | Change to heat in kitchen? Face problem without flinching (4,2,2,3,4) |
| FALTERING | I'm flinching when you show anger in the lift (9) |
| SCRAPES | Difficulties due to slight collisions? (7) |
| TWITS | Subjects to slight ridicule |
| OFFENCES | More than one slight burn in the end, covered with hot drinks when head is lowered |
| THEBOY | Heroic lines newfangled: "The c-crew did a bunk, but he nobly held on to the hose" (3,3,5,2,3,7,4,6, |