| LEDERHOSEN | Captain perhaps losing a pipe and navy trousers |
| AMBLING | Playing roulette, perhaps losing a grand - it's going slowly |
| RAIN | Drops first-class navy trousers (4) |
| HEADMASTER | The rector may be in charge of a captain, perhaps |
| COPILOT | Police officer receives one batch found by the captain, perhaps |
| LEGER | Artist associated with the Cubists until he developed his own style dubbed "Tubism", whose works include Soldier with a Pipe and Still Life with a Beer Mug (5) |
| WILSON | For his public image, which British prime minister smoked a pipe and drank beer, but in private smoked cigars and drank spirits? (6,6) |
| HAROLD | For his public image, which British prime minister smoked a pipe and drank beer, but in private smoked cigars and drank spirits? (6,6) |
| PLUGSALEAK | Mends a pipe and promotes disclosure (5,1,4) |
| ABDUCTED | Type of blood running through a pipe and carried off (8) |
| ANYHOW | A great number play perhaps, losing their heads carelessly (6) |
| NERVE | Ace, perhaps, losing head and gaining new courage (5) |
| SETBACK | Tess, perhaps, losing final return, a check (7) |
| ASTRONAUT | Fidel perhaps losing face: relative putting name forward's a high-flier |
| CONFUSED | Perplexed and unfocused perhaps, losing head (8) |
| BUTTONNOSE | "With a corncob pipe and a ___, and two eyes made out of coal" ("Frosty the Snowman" lyric) |
| SHERPA | Mountaineer perhaps losing power to move (6) |
| EVENTIDE | Incident on cycle, perhaps, losing helmet late in the day (8) |
| CLASSY | Elegant female in Milan, perhaps, losing it (6) |
| RANDOM | Doorman, perhaps, losing nothing by chance |
