| YIELDING | Giving up losing weight, flourishing after a short year (8) |
| AGEGROUP | Cohort mature and grow up losing weight (3,5) |
| HEADING | Warming up, losing weight finally for finale of world title (7) |
| SATYR | At the end of week, it's a short year for one who's a bit of a goat in Rome (5) |
| YOUNGSTER | Teenager? In a short year tongues will wag (9) |
| TYRO | The beginner is to get a short year (4) |
| SUPERMAN | Remains up, losing one to hero (8) |
| ETHELRED | Old king left inside chained up, losing the crown |
| SWATTEAM | Loaded back-up, losing good megawatts supply |
| DIAMETER | One losing weight hides a metre thickness (8) |
| REDUCING | Losing weight using nice drug freely (8) |
| SLIMMING | Doing front crawl, perhaps -- length for women losing weight (8) |
| ROTHESAY | Remarkably seaworthy losing weight in island resort (8) |
| DWELLING | Duke ? a famous one ? losing weight in house |
| LYRIST | Poet and novice find short year is a winner (6) |
| ANNA | Cut short year's entry for a bit of old India (4) |
| RESTLESS | Losing weight, fights in the ring with son, keeping moving |
| SIDEDISH | Scandinavian losing weight eating one daughter's salad, perhaps (4,4) |
| ATENOLOL | Drug swallowed, now losing weight: I'm laughing! |
| EIDER | England's opener in weird mix-up, losing wicket for a duck (5) |
