| WEARE | Queen's observation on sport: "Brian has to think a little about it" (2,3,3,6) |
| NOTAMUSED | Queen's observation on sport: "Brian has to think a little about it" (2,3,3,6) |
| MUSE | Has to think a lot in order to find some inspiration (4) |
| REASONS | Thinks a little more, as on -screen (7) |
| ALE | 'The stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think': A.E. Housman |
| ALES | "___ the stuff to drink / For fellows whom it hurts to think": A.E. Housman |
| TACITURN | Saying little about it after army's going to pot (8) |
| TWEENY | Servant's quarter has very little about it (6) |
| SLEEPINGPILLS | They work at night but their employers should know little about it (8,5) |
| BARBARIAN | Behind the pub, Brian has hold of a hooligan (9) |
| VERB | That clever Brian has it in his speech |
| ENO | Arena composer Brian has enough? Not half! (3) |
| RANLIKETHEWIND | We think a liner at sea, heading for Dover, went at top speed (3,4,3,4) |
| RABBIT | Start to read a little about black yak (6) |
| ALKALI | Talk a little about a remedy for acid (6) |
| POMANDER | Mother has to think deeply about a perfume-holder |
| METADATA | Team annoyed a little about computer storage information (8) |
| SLEEPTIGHT | Pete got upset a little about what one said last night (5,5) |
| TIMETOREFLECT | When prisoner has to think about, at a stretch, that momentary glance in The Mirror (4,2,7) |
| MOUSE | One sitting by computer has to think about nothing (5) |
