| Clues | Answers |
| Aspersion | SLUR |
| Beat soundly | TROUNCE, CLOBBER, WALLOP, THRASH |
| Defensive ditch, usually filled with water | MOAT |
| Emphasise | ACCENTUATE |
| Excessive action to achieve a goal | OVERKILL |
| Four Quartets poet | ELIOT |
| Italian cream cheese __ co-spearman (anag) | MASCARPONE |
| JM Barrie’s Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up | PETERPAN |
| London rail terminus | PADDINGTON |
| Clues | Answers |
| Looked at | EYED |
| Model __ caliper (anag) | REPLICA |
| Night and Day songwriter | COLEPORTER |
| North American elk | MOOSE |
| Reach one’s destination | ARRIVE |
| Relating to marriage | NUPTIAL |
| Secluded | ISOLATED |
| Shocked | APPALLED |
| Subject | TOPIC |
| Tablecloth material | LINEN |
| The Great Stone Face, star of silent films, d. 1966 | KEATON |
| Underwater vessels | SUBS |