| NEARLYMAN | Name Australopithecus, for example, one not quite a success |
| DART | Anthropologist who coined the genus name Australopithecus; a missile thrown from behind an oche; or, a tapered tuck in dressmaking (4) |
| ACQUAINTANCE | A short scrub round unusual for one not quite a friend |
| GAMESMAN | One's not quite a cheat - sneakily manages to secure First in maths |
| INNER | Bad guy missing No. 1, not quite a golden hit (5) |
| SECONDFIDDLE | Another bit of cheating for one not quite fit to be a leader |
| INTEGER | For example, one to bury -for example, buried (7) |
| SOLI | Pieces for one not quite secure (4) |
| IMPRIMATUR | Licence for devil to take one not quite ripe (10) |
| SMARTCASUAL | Code for one not quite in the habit of business |
| HYPOCHONDRIA | Feeling one's not quite right moving a phony orchid |
| DANIELA | Dare, for example, one to get drink served up for woman (7) |
| FELLOWTRAVELLER | Like monk for nun in Chaucer, for example, one with leftist leanings |
| PERSONIFICATION | Grace, for example - one may stand for it, naturally |
| PORTICO | Split, for example, one firm with a covered walkway |
| BILLIONAIRE | 9, for example, one: one with "loaded" aura? (11) |
| AQUILEGIA | Form of quail, for example - one standing by a flower (9) |
| GEMINI | Turn up, for example, one of the dresses for the twins (6) |
| REGIMENT | For example, one male involved in payment for army unit (8) |
| EAGLE | For example, one in lingerie outside is a bird (5) |
