| ZACHARY | Fellow guarded with zeal every second having previously escaped |
| RANDANGIG | A boat with three rowers, the second having two oars (6,3) |
| ARGUS | Cat-burglar Gustav guarded with a giant who had 100 eyes (5) |
| SHINS | They're guarded with hockey pads |
| TICKOVER | Second, having finished run slowly |
| ERASE | Order a second, having to strike out (5) |
| ANGLICISED | Made English chemical company second, having fished around |
| IFFY | Uncertain in second, having lost lead |
| CAUTIOUS | Guarded with care ... (8) |
| TOMCLARK | Opening batsman who won seven successive County Championship titles with Surrey in the 1950s having previously played football for Walsall |
| GINGERLY | Going early, seconds having withdrawn on tiptoe? |
| MEANINGLESS | Low-grade fireplaces - seconds having no worthwhile quality |
| TOAST | Food browned perfectly, seconds having been consumed |
| POOLTABLE | Pot ball flukily here at last, having previously pocketed nothing? (4,5) |
| GRAIN | Downfall, having previously good character |
| OLDBILL | Met, perhaps, having previously settled score |
| PASTPERFECT | Tense, having previously done no wrong? |
| THRUSH | Urgency having previously contracted the fungal disease |
| PORTUGAL | Posh guest of HM returns, having previously left country |
| OILIER | More slick, having previously spoken in the Bronx? (6) |
