| KEEPA | Maintain one's composure as warder, say, after row during meal left one a little peeved (4,1,5,5,3) |
| STIFFUPPERLIP | Maintain one's composure as warder, say, after row during meal left one a little peeved (4,1,5,5,3) |
| SCRAPE | Bark at the cars foolishly, a little peeved (6) |
| STEADIED | Regained composure as small drink passed over |
| THEIST | Article taking one a little way to becoming a believer in God (6) |
| NOISOME | Number One -a little offensive (7) |
| DWARF | White or red, one's a little star! (5) |
| MINNOW | And this one's a little fishy, too! (6) |
| TIBIA | Assuming one's a little backbone (5) |
| JOHNHUDSON | European SENIOR PGA TOUR player who aced two holes in a row during a 1971 tournament |
| ORDINAL | Making a row during the examination getting you a third or fourth possibly (7) |
| LONESOME | Left one a bit with a feeling of abandonment (8) |
| LURGI | Unspecified illness left one a bit short of drive before the end (5) |
| MALI | Mother left one a lot of land (4) |
| DAHLIA | Had to run - left one a plant (6) |
| OPHELIA | Dashed hope left one a Shakespearean character (7) |
| GOLIATH | Dark dresser has left one a philistine (7) |
| EGO | ___ strength (aaability to maintain one's sense of self in the face of conflict, in psychoanalysis) |
| SPAR | Have a row during his party (4) |
| LATECOMER | One who should apologise getting into row during play? (9) |
