| PREQUEL | Young Sherlock Holmes, say, almost finishing homework, sounded calm |
| PIPESMOKER | Holmes, say, finds big city right beyond Channel (4,6) |
| ROWE | Nicholas who played Sherlock in "Young Sherlock Holmes" |
| NIGHT | Almost finishing breakfast at supper time |
| BOTTLEDUP | Repressed courage almost finishing sucker (7,2) |
| FUSSY | Hard to please or offend one of the Cold War participants almost finishing with democracy (5) |
| APPROVE | Commend a couple of pages with writing say almost finished (7) |
| EARL | Cardigan, say, almost stripped off (4) |
| LATINOS | Mexicans, say, almost lost boxing at home (7) |
| ALBUM | CD, say, almost entirely dreadful (American) |
| SOPORIFIC | Pacifier put to mouth, say, almost having this effect? |
| UTENSIL | Implement, you say, almost capable of being stretched |
| BEAN | Runner, say, almost exhausted before end of marathon |
| COMICRELIEF | Beano, say, almost depends on fine charity event (5,6) |
| UNCONVENTIONAL | International meeting, say, almost completely different ... |
| SPORRAN | Snooker, say, almost got as far as pocket in Scottish gear (7) |
| TIMES | Arab, say, almost backs paper (5) |
| EGGON | Drive, say, almost finished (3,2) |
| ILLEGAL | I shall say almost all are improper (7) |
| TWO | Company, they say, almost shut having imported tungsten (3) |
