| Clues | Answers |
| ‘The quality of mercy is not …’ (The Merchant of Venice) | STRAINED |
| A denomination of Islam | SHIA |
| Area of military combat | WARZONE |
| Be dressed in | WEAR |
| Brings up the subject of wage increases | RAISES |
| Cancer or Capricorn | TROPIC |
| Come to a destination | ARRIVE |
| Critique, appraisal | REVIEW |
| Declare to be free from blame | ABSOLVE |
| Elects by ballot | VOTES |
| Elongated appendage of an animal | TAIL |
| Excused, freed from | EXEMPTED |
| Explodes, breaks open | BURSTS |
| Free from error | CORRECT |
| Gained by working | EARNED |
| Go away, leave | DEPART |
| Happened to | BEFELL |
| Having no equal | UNIQUE |
| Imperial land measures | ACRES |
| In different circumstances | OTHERWISE |
| Incidents, occurrences | EVENTS |
| Items of confectionery | SWEETS |
| Lends a hand | ASSISTS |
| Manufacturing plants | FACTORIES |
| Most up-to-the-minute | LATEST |
| One of the most senior managers in a firm | DIRECTOR |
| One time | ONCE |
| Path of a celestial body | ORBIT |
| Primary social groups | FAMILIES |
| Single-storeyed houses | BUNGALOWS |
| Slant letters to the right | ITALICISE |
| Soft flat caps | BERETS |
| The force of a push | THRUST |
| Thick, fatty oil | GREASE |
| This bread is soon forgotten, it’s said | EATEN |
| Unit of temperature | DEGREE |