| Clues | Answers |
| 13 down | BOSS |
| Aromatic plant used in cookery | HERB |
| Aromatic seed used in cookery | NUTMEG |
| Big turtle (anag) | LITTERBUG |
| Chess piece | KING |
| Chess piece | KNIGHT |
| County, home to Alton Towers (abbr) | STAFFS |
| Defy | FLOUT |
| Gloss over | WHITEWASH |
| Headgear (for ranchers?) | COWBOYHAT |
| Headgear (from Central America?) | PANAMA |
| Household name in Tinseltown? | SUPERSTAR |
| Irish playwright, d. 1950 | SHAW |
| Israeli port, last city held by the Crusaders until 1291 | ACRE |
| Japanese form of wrestling | SUMO |
| Lie in wait | LURK |
| Main | CHIEF |
| Move lightly, as if suspended | FLOAT |
| One of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994 | TRANSVAAL |
| Personification of winter weather | JACKFROST |
| Pinchpenny | SKINFLINT |
| Precipice | CLIFF |
| Provoke disgust | REVOLT |
| Sentimental (like wet snow?) | SLUSHY |
| Small basketful of fruit | PUNNET |
| The wit one was born with! | NOUS |
| Unexpected setback | GLITCH |
| Vertical supporting post | STANCHION |
