| DISSIMULATION | Unfortunately I'm old -- I sustain pretence (13) |
| DYEDINTHEWOOL | Yet when old I do fancy being of fixed opinion (4-2-3-4) |
| THOUGHT | "When I was young I - that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that |
| TSELIOT | Poet who wrote "I grow old ... I grow old ... / I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled" |
| SHALL | "I grow old . . . I grow old . . . / I ___ wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled": T. S. Eliot |
| IDEALISER | I realised, unfortunately, I'm an impractical person (9) |
| IMPASSE | I'm old-fashioned, but I must turn round here (7) |
| MOTORWAYEXIT | Unfortunately, I'm too warty to impress old lover, a turn-off (8,4) |
| DISARMED | Unfortunately I'm sadder, as now harmless (8) |
| MINORITY | Unfortunately I'm tiny or smaller part of a group |
| OMIT | Unfortunately I'm to leave something out |
| NUMERICAL | Unfortunately I'm unclear regarding figures |
| MIGRAINES | Unfortunately, I'm a singer getting complaints |
| DIAMOND | Unfortunately I'm no dad, but good bloke |
| CONCRETE | Unfortunately I'm tiny or smaller part of a group (8) |
| LIMITS | Unfortunately I'm still cutting the last edges... (6) |
| DILEMMA | Unfortunately I'm lamed, an impossible predicament (7) |
| BARMAID | Unfortunately I'm a drab local employee |
| RAQUEL | Qualmier? Unfortunately I'm leaving the lady (6) |
| ASIMOV | When I'm old, very, I'll be a sci-fi writer (6) |
