| SOMEBODY | A person of importance, but not a definite person (8) |
| SOMEONE | A person of importance, but not all the time (7) |
| MATERIAL | Of importance, but not spiritual (8) |
| THING | Not a definite description of the slender German leader (5) |
| MARGINAL | Not of central importance, but possibly alarming (8) |
| NOBODY | Not a person of importance if you don't have a portfolio of work (6) |
| VIPER | A person of importance to the Queen, but a snake! (5) |
| CORNERSTONE | Block of prime importance, but not central (11) |
| EIGHTY | Figure of great importance, but not initially (6) |
| ANYBODY | "A person of importance?": murder detective's first question? (7) |
| ENTOURAGE | Group around a person of importance (9) |
| NOBLE | Musk travelled west, letting on billions made him a person of importance |
| ISOTHERM | Mentioned under the weather? Could be a definite sign of hot spots! (8) |
| PLANNING | Programme for a definite course of action; strategy (8) |
| LATIV | Of critical importance but upside down. (5) |
| NECKORNOTHING | Reckon roughly of no importance - but it's risking all (4,2,7) |
| DECISIVE | Producing a definite result (8) |
| CONCERTO | Surprise expressed about note, a definite thing in this work |
| POLARIZE | Cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| ATRANDOM | Without a definite plan or pattern (2,6) |
