| GAILY | The insouciant way in which Algy gets out of line |
| SIAM | In old Thailand, Sam gets out of line |
| BENIN | Where, in W. Africa, Tony gets out of line (5) |
| CHIEF | It's most important when the cook gets out of line (5) |
| BRACKNELL | Lady Augusta, Algy Moncrieff's aunt in The Importance of Being Ernest (9) |
| BREAKSRANKS | Gets out of line, as today's solution does in every other row (6,5) |
| AIRY | Being breezy, Ray stupidly gets out of line (4) |
| STAIN | Bad mark for a boy who gets out of line (5) |
| SPITE | Rancour when a pest somehow gets out of line? (5) |
| NOTIFY | Tell one if Tony gets out of line (6) |
| MAIN | It's most important when a chap gets out of line (4) |
| FRIED | Fred gets out of line, but isn't given a roasting! (5) |
| BIGGLES | Algy Lacy and Ginger Hebblethwaite are bosom pals of which fictional aviator? (7) |
| BLASTEDHEATH | Largely insouciant band leader causing scene in the 17 18 (7,5) |
| JOHNS | Author who wrote stories about the adventures of characters including Algy, Bertie, Biggles and Ginger (5) |
| REGINALDDENNY | British actor who played Algy Longworth in 1930s Bulldog Drummond movies |
| BROTHERS | Jack and Algy turn out to be (Wilde) |
| GINGER | Captain WE Johns' companions in war, Biggles, ... and Algy |
| CAREFREE | Insouciant centre-left judge on origins of criminal advocacy |
| CARELESS | Insouciant embrace that encompasses the French (8) |
