| Clues | Answers |
| Cloth cap (for a hunter?) | DEERSTALKER |
| Deadly | FATAL |
| Directionless | ADRIFT |
| Done without careful consideration | PRECIPITATE |
| Dram | TOT |
| English astronomer who rejected the ‘Big Bang’ theory of the origins of the universe, d. 2001 | HOYLE |
| Expected | DUE |
| Interminable | NEVERENDING |
| Is able | CAN |
| Maoist (anag) __ Chinese religion | TAOISM |
| Outstanding __ star-like | STELLAR |
| Paces __ trousers | STRIDES |
| Playhouse performing a regular stock of works | REPERTORY |
| Prizewinner | MEDALLIST |
| Share __ chanter (anag) | TRANCHE |
| Short-lived fashion | CRAZE |
| Shut up | CAGED |
| Single circuit of a track | LAP |
| Snow slip | AVALANCHE |
| Speak highly of | PRAISE |
| Swindle | DEFRAUD |
| Too near one’s own situation for comfort | CLOSETOHOME |
| Vandalise | DEFACE |
| Warranty | GUARANTEE |
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