| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| MATE | Pal | |
| BUDDY | Pal | |
| CHUM | Pal | |
| FRIEND | Pal | |
| LAP | Circuit-breaking pal | |
| GIRLFRIEND | Female pal | |
| AMIE | French pal | |
| AMI | French pal | |
| AMIGO | Mexican pal | |
| BIGEARS | Noddy’s pal | |
| ROO | Pal of Piglet | |
| PERUSAL | Sure pal organised inspection? | |
| SKULLCAP | Yarmulke changes pal’s luck | |
| LOUK | An accomplice; a "pal." | |
| ELAPSE | Unexpectedly see pal pass by | |
| ALP | Confused pal at his peak? | |
| PALATE | Pal dined with a sense of taste | |
| MATERIAL | Pal had Iranian money to buy cloth | |
| PLACE | Spot pal dancing in front of church | |
| NEPAL | New pal out west in Himalayan country | |
| PLACARD | Pal, not exactly a witty person, writes notice | |
| LAPSING | Come on up, pal! Unfortunately, gin’s running out | |
| ALIBI | Pal I bicker with about hiding a defence excuse | |
| MIAMI | Resort city is half a mile, pal, from Paris | |
| LAPDOG | It’s up to God, pal, to find you a toy poodle | |