| Clues | Answers |
| Adages __ Old Testament book | PROVERBS |
| Appraised | ASSESSED |
| Block of Earth’s crust lifted to form peaks of a mountain range | MASSIF |
| Card game | POKER |
| Code G | GOLF |
| Conceited | VAIN |
| Criminal organisation | MAFIA |
| East Africa country | KENYA |
| Evict | EXPEL |
| First Minister of Scotland since 2014 | STURGEON |
| Four quarts | GALLON |
| Harts and hinds | DEER |
| Hearth | FIRESIDE |
| Huge coniferous California trees | SEQUOIA |
| Large commune of Rome at the mouth of the Tiber | OSTIA |
| Leading performers (partnered with stripes?) | STARS |
| Legerdemain | SLEIGHTOFHAND |
| Non-attendance | ABSENCE |
| Not connected to the internet | OFFLINE |
| Ostentatious ceremony | POMP |
| Praise insincerely | FLATTER |
| Precise | EXACT |
| Resentment of a slight | PIQUE |
| Serving as an ordinary seaman in an old sailing ship | BEFORETHEMAST |
| Speak at length about trivial matters | WITTER |
| Uncover | EXPOSE |