| INITIAL | Name of lead character? Quite the opposite (7) |
| DRIFT | Tendency of lead character to display cleavage (5) |
| PRESLEY | Reg, professional name of lead singer of The Troggs born in 1941 (7) |
| ORLANDO | First name of lead actor in this year's Carnival Row (7) |
| PLUMB | Weight, typically of lead, hung on a line to determine depth of water, verticality of an upright surface etc. (5) |
| ANDROID | Robot with head of rubber, heart of foil and rear of lead (7) |
| AHEART | "A brain of feathers, and -- of lead": Pope |
| SATURNISM | At the end of the week, vessel is carrying male with old form of lead poisoning (9) |
| OBLONG | Shape of old pipe containing source of lead (6) |
| ADELE | Before start of entertainment, change of lead singer (5) |
| PARLIAMENTARY | Standard of nutrition requiring demotion of lead item in diet |
| AMPHORA | Grecian urn of lead-free pungent mineral on core of alabaster (7) |
| MINUS | Take away copper and half of lead from rear of toy? (5) |
| LEASH | Lead (most of lead) with sulphur and hydrogen added (5) |
| TWENTYQUESTIONS | "Which weighs more - a pound of feathers or a pound of lead?" and others |
| PROVERB | Saw dog's name on the inside of lead (7) |
| OZARK | The --- Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas are a source of lead and zinc (5) |
| LITHARGE | One of the two mineral forms of lead monoxide, having a red colour as opposed to the yellow massicot (8) |
| CHELATION | Process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream in cases of lead or mercury poisoning (9) |
| TITLEROLE | Lead miner finally found in dilapidated toilet clutching two pieces of lead (5,4) |
