| BILLYNO | Name boy, still abandoned - is he? (5,2-5) |
| FAITACCOMPLI | Impact if coal gets abandoned is already decided |
| OLD | Such boys still have some schooldays! (3) |
| ELIO | "Call Me by Your Name" boy |
| SWANSONG | Name boy in 'Loot' in final performance (8) |
| DEDALUS | Joyce's alter ego, in phase with male name ("boy raised in God") (7,7) |
| STEPHEN | Joyce's alter ego, in phase with male name ("boy raised in God") (7,7) |
| NOBLY | Name boy perhaps of about fifty in an aristocratic way (5) |
| ATAGLANCE | A name (boy's one) seen so briefly (2,1,6) |
| ADOT | "Is he ___ or is he..." (They Might Be Giants line) |
| SHE | If a boy is he, a girl is ... (3) |
| ELUSIVE | They asked of Baroness Orczy's creation, "Is he in heaven? Is he in hell? That demmed, ... Pimperne |
| TRANSGRESSION | "Blessed is he whose ___ is forgiven (Ps 32:1) |
| HES | ' he is; he has' |
| JACKASS | A blockhead, is he? He may be laughing! |
| TRAINEE | Is he studying something he's drawn to? (7) |
| ARCHER | Is he more of a tease when he bows? (6) |
| FISHINSPECTOR | Is he the man to sort out the sharks? He wouldn't be someone you'd be able to cod perhaps (4,9) |
| FEATHERBRAIN | Is he light-headed as far as I.Q. is concerned? (7-5) |
| HYPOCRITE | He takes in devious Cypriot, or is he just pretending? (9) |
