| Clues | Answers |
| A form of industrial action | STRIKE |
| Alpine perennial plant | EDELWEISS |
| An also-ran | LOSER |
| Animal slaughterhouses | ABATTOIRS |
| Appear, give the impression | SEEM |
| Bring to mind | RECALL |
| Ceremonial or stiffly polite | FORMAL |
| Declare not to be true | DENY |
| Demands firmly | INSISTS |
| Encircle, fence in | SURROUND |
| Extreme and difficult to endure | SEVERE |
| Female sheep | EWES |
| Flat slabs of fired clay | TILES |
| From end to end | LENGTH |
| Hard, not easy | DIFFICULT |
| It joins the soloist for part of the song | CHORUS |
| Keep possession of | RETAIN |
| Light imperial weights | OUNCES |
| Likenesses, representations | IMAGES |
| Made thin by hammering | BEATEN |
| Mature animals | ADULTS |
| Minister of religion | PRIEST |
| Monies received in return for labour | EARNINGS |
| Not derived or copied | ORIGINAL |
| One in need is one indeed, it’s said | FRIEND |
| One of the family | RELATION |
| Passage below ground | TUNNEL |
| Propels with oars | ROWS |
| Relating to or resembling an ape | SIMIAN |
| Says yes | ASSENTS |
| Scrooge, miser | SKINFLINT |
| Spreading out from the centre of a circle | RADIAL |
| Takes one’s ease | RESTS |
| Thin slices of bacon | RASHERS |
| Vertical part of a step | RISER |
| Waterless harbour for building and repairing ships | DRYDOCK |