| THINGUMMYJIG | I don't know what it is to be slim, with the ability to stick to dance (12) |
| JENESAISQUOI | In France I don't know what it is (2,2,4,4) |
| LEANT | Was inclined to be slim with a little fat (5) |
| GUMPTION | Ability to stick to point, perhaps (8) |
| ADHESION | Noise had the ability to stick (8) |
| LIGHTS | The allure of Blackpool may be slim with son going to back (6) |
| UFO | Heavenly, but nobody knows what it is! (3) |
| IGETTHEHANGOFIT | I know what it means (1,3,3,4,2,2) |
| LIMPET | A patelliform or "dish-shaped" sea snail, etymologically clinging to another creature with the ability to cling tightly to rocks, called a lamprey (6) |
| REMASTER | It's about coming out of school with the ability to make better records (8) |
| GREENTHUMB | Head of gardens used the number with the ability to grow things (5,5) |
| CLICKBEETLE | Insect with the ability to right itself with a snapping movement when placed on its back (5,6) |
| TRACTORBEAM | Device with the ability to attract one object to another from a distance (7,4) |
| GIFTOFTONGUES | Suggestion to ditch leader unfortunately blocked by eccentric toff with the ability to speak unknown languages (4,2,7) |
| AGENT | It's rough eating without one person with the ability to act (5) |
| CAT | Pet with the ability to see in the dark in box F (3) |
| MARLENEDIETRICH | Actor to damage what might be called slim with food full of fat (7,8) |
| GLEAN | It's grand to be slim, we gather (5) |
| LEAN | Be inclined to be slim (4) |
| CHANCE | Risk a penalty without aspiring to be slim and good? Impossible! (6,5,2,1,4,5) |
