| SOPHISTICATED | Pistachios Ted doubtfully ate because he was worldly (13) |
| POTAUFEU | Doubtfully ate up mostly foul stew (3-2-3) |
| SECONDBANANA | What you ate because the first one was so good? |
| PAININTHENECK | I dumped the vampire because he was a ___ |
| LOSTTHETHREAD | He designed a shirt, but wound up with a vest because he ___ |
| OLD | Berry shady: Ever demanding, the elderberry told the other berries that he should be highly revered because he was ___ (even though he had only reached the age of ripeness just a few days ago) |
| AKHTAR | Which Pakistani cricketer was nicknamed "Rawalpindi Express" because he was one of the world's faste |
| SEA | Why was the big 4A always roaring to go to the beach? Because he was a ___ lion |
| TENNYSON | October 12, 1892, the day of this poet laureate's funeral, was a national day of mourning in England, because he was considered the leading poet of the Victorian era. |
| BOLD | Stood out because he was brave (4) |
| EXILE | One away because he was made to be so (5) |
| LOGGEDOUT | The lumberjack quit because he was ___ |
| JOHNPILLSBURY | Minnesota's eighth governor (1876-82), whose surname you know because he co-founded a grainprocessing business that's still headquartered in Minneapolis |
| LAIDBACK | Blackmailed, Mel got out of it because he was casual about it (4,4) |
| ALLEN | Which American actor-director failed to make his high school chess team because he was too short? (5,5) |
| WOODY | Which American actor-director failed to make his high school chess team because he was too short? (5,5) |
| MINOZZI | Matteo - - - , Wasps and Italy full-back who chose to miss this year's Six Nations because he was "physically and mentally tired" (7) |
| HENDRIX | Arguably one of the greatest guitarists of the rock era, using feedback and dynamics in his music, who, because he was left-handed, played right-handed instruments upside down? (7) |
| HYPODERMIC | Chirpy? Do me, doubtfully, a favour, it was a big needle (10) |
| PEANUTBUTTER | Ate bun doubtfully during golf club spread (6,6) |
