| DANCEBAND | Players forbidden, reportedly, to head the ball |
| BAND | Players forbidden to compete, by the sound of it |
| KOFIANNAN | The first black African to head the United Nations, serving two terms from 1997 to 2006 (4,5) |
| NEW | Kerrey is leaving the Senate to head the ___ School University |
| COLINPOWELL | He surely had nothing to do with Bush appointing his son to head the FCC |
| POPSTAR | Father to head the bill as one appearing in the charts (3,4) |
| ORALLY | Love to head the fightback by word of mouth (6) |
| STAR | To head the bill one would begin on time (4) |
| CANADA | Girl able to head the country |
| STARTED | Began to head the bill with Edward (7) |
| STARBOARD | Hand's right to head the bill at table (9) |
| RULER | A straight guide for one to head the government? (5) |
| COXCOMB | Being in charge of the crew, it goes to his head - the fool! (7) |
| EASING | When I visited Newdowns Head, the sea was really rough, but by the end of the evening it was becoming less severe (6) |
| RUMOUR | Drink is like lemon juice with no head - the word on the street is they're presumably passing on that in the local? (6) |
| CLOSED | Near to the Duke's Head, the shooting season is finished (6) |
| TADPOLE | From the Old English meaning "toad head", the larva or "pollywiggle" of a frog, newt, salamander or the first mentioned amphibian; or, a political hack other than Taper in Benjamin Disraeli's novel Co |
| OCHIUCHUS | Containing Rasalhague the "snake-charmer's head", the Serpent Bearer constellation and so-called "forgotten" 13th sign of the zodiac (9) |
| NOBALL | Everyone going after head, the result of overstepping the mark? |
| NOBLES | Head the French members of the upper classes |
