| Clues | Answers |
| Almost | NEARLY |
| Angry and offended | INAHUFF |
| Armoured vehicle | TANK |
| Bad-tempered | SURLY |
| Church officer | ELDER |
| Container for litter | BIN |
| Contemptible | ABJECT |
| Continental quilt | DUVET |
| Donations to the poor | ALMS |
| Elvis Presley film | KINGCREOLE |
| Factory | MILL |
| Fluid in blood | SERUM |
| Go-between | INTERMEDIARY |
| Inlet | BAY |
| Landing pier | JETTY |
| Large cask | TUN |
| Large woody plant | TREE |
| Left over | UNUSED |
| Liquid measures | LITRES |
| London’s jewellery centre | HATTONGARDEN |
| Maiden | DAMSEL |
| Mercian king | OFFA |
| North Yorkshire river | ESK |
| Platform | ROSTRUM |
| Religious leader | CLERIC |
| Sacred beetle | SCARAB |
| Swarm (of insects) | CLOUD |
| Ungenerous | MEAN |
| Vulnerable | OUTONALIMB |
| Yacht station | MARINA |
