| SLEIGHTOFHAND | Snub's reportedly casual, without female deception (7,2,4) |
| HAIRYWOUBIT | Horse, casual without showing breeding, nipped woolly bear |
| FLIMFLAM | Slight criticism when each son gives way to female deception (8) |
| UNCTION | Do without female religious glibness (7) |
| SEASHELL | Marine mammal, without female, left home for snail |
| RURITANIA | Control one area without female, fictional place (9) |
| DEFICIENT | Inadequate duke gets organised without female (9) |
| ACTIVE | Busy producing last part of play without female (6) |
| SELFSUPPORTING | Staying up alone, single, sadly without female to drink wine |
| TANGLY | Fly back, and take flight without female, in confused state |
| STAG | Speculator without female escort |
| MAIDLESS | Without female help, state didn't produce so much |
| RIGID | Stiff with or without female on top (5) |
| TRIPLET | Tour left without female, one of three recent arrivals (7) |
| STAGNANT | Still without female company, granny's taken to tango (8) |
| USHERING | Running through, without female opening the door (8) |
| ENIGMATICAL | Magician left without female contrived to be mystifying |
| LETALONE | Isolated without female? Never mind (3,5) |
| WIELD | Brandish complicated file without female in women's department (5) |
| SHINEAT | Excel in styling fine hats without female (5,2) |
