| OSRIC | One of the few survivors in "Hamlet" |
| QUARTERFINALIST | Accommodate fine, desirable guests, keeping in one of few survivors |
| LYING | Harry S Truman described Richard Nixon as, 'One of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and ... out of both side' |
| SARAH | Who, in 1899, became one of the few women to play the lead in Hamlet? (5,9) |
| BERNHARDT | Who, in 1899, became one of the few women to play the lead in Hamlet? (5,9) |
| THETEARSOFACLOWN | Smokey Robinson & the Miracles single, influenced by the opera Pagliacci, and one of the few hit singles in which a bassoon is heard |
| IMOLA | F1 race track, the venue of the San Marino Grand Prix, one of the few circuits to run anti-clockwise (5) |
| IMHOTEP | Probable architect of the pharaoh Djoser's pyramid, one of the few commoners deified in ancient Egypt |
| ADI | Herr Stadler, one of the few Germans to compete in the Latin hotbed of 1980s 125 GPS. (3) |
| SPITFIRE | Battle-axe, one of the few in the second row (8) |
| HUMI | On the ground (one of the few locatives in common use) |
| CHEESE | What is Imokilly Regato, one of the few Irish products on the EU's Protected Designation of Origin list? (6) |
| KEA | New Zealand native bird that is one of the few alpine parrots in the world |
| HASSAINE | Bady, Algerian racer and one of the few from Africa to score GP points in the 80s. (8) |
| OLIGARCH | One of the few in charge |
| MARINE | One of "the Few, the Proud" |
| USMARINE | One of "the few, the proud" (Abbr.) |
| MANY | "The needs of the ___ outweigh the needs of the few" (utilitarian sentiment expressed by Spock in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan") |
| ROKEBYVENUS | Painting by Velazquez, one of the few nudes in Spanish painting (6,5) |
| ROBERTSON | Scottish winger who is one of the few players to move from Tottenham Hotspur to Arsenal, which he did in 1968 (5,9) (see 54A) |
