| Clues | Answers |
| Actor who plays mainly tough characters | DENIRO |
| Appoint to a task | ASSIGN |
| Area, territory | DISTRICT |
| Ballet dancer’s garment | LEOTARD |
| Bursts out violently | EXPLODES |
| Cries weakly or softly | WHIMPERS |
| Develop over time | EVOLVE |
| Disperse, throw around | SCATTER |
| Each and all | EVERYONE |
| Hardened against | INURED |
| Held the same opinion | AGREED |
| Hereditary military dictator of Japan | SHOGUN |
| Hindered progress | IMPEDED |
| Informal interviews with members of the public, in short | VOXPOP |
| Low female singing voice | ALTO |
| Mixes with and combines | BLENDS |
| Most contented | HAPPIEST |
| No longer distressed, reassured | RELIEVED |
| Open and responsive to suggestion | AMENABLE |
| Physical aggression | VIOLENCE |
| Relating to teeth | DENTAL |
| Restore to working order | REPAIR |
| See it and die, they say | NAPLES |
| Series of military operations | CAMPAIGN |
| Short official note recording a sum owed | CHIT |
| Skill in a particular field | PROWESS |
| Spoken, not written | ORAL |
| Stinging spider | SCORPION |
| Thick heavy stick as a weapon | COSH |
| Trade names, of designers say | LABELS |
| Well-known, easily recognised | FAMILIAR |
| With brooding ill-humour | MOROSELY |
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