| SQUARED | As four is to make 16 |
| BROUHAHA | Clamour to make 16 perhaps sound a laugh |
| SIXTY | As many as four rugby teams, but only three score |
| UPONE | Leading by a point, as Four to Three: 2 wds. |
| WEDONTNEEDNOEDUCATION | Day ahead: detention . . . cane - duo, frustrated, make 16 claim |
| EVEN | Word for a number, such as four, six, 12 or 108, that is divisible by two without a remainder (4) |
| WORDCHOICE | Author's concern that, when parsed as four parts, provides a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| HENRYS | Irving and others as four royal characters in 13 (6) |
| EIGHTY | The non-u guy one upsets as four score (6) |
| FURORE | Uproar as four turned on (6) |
| EVENS | Number initially brought down, such as four and six |
| PIVOT | Swivel, as four go into pan (5) |
| TENS | Dice rolls that are just as probable as fours |
| TWICE | Double wicket destroyed as number four is run out |
| SPECULATIVE | To play the market around four is hypothetical |
| TWICETWO | Four is the answer to this clue ? (5,3) |
| PIVOTAL | A plot designed to take in four is crucial (7) |
| DIVINE | To have a meal about four is perfect (6) |
| INTO | Four ___ four is one |
| WEDONTNEED | Day ahead: detention . . . cane ___ duo, frustrated, make 16 claim (2,4,4,2,9) |
