| ATTHECOALFACE | Hands-on as opposed to theoretical, working ... (2,3,8) |
| HANDSON | Applied, as opposed to theoretical (5-2) |
| STRING | According to theoretical physics, each of the minute onedimensional entities constituting matter and the universe (6) |
| ANTICLOCKWISE | In the opposite direction to the hands on a timepiece (13) |
| INSHORTSUPPLY | Hard to get your hands on (2,5,6) |
| STEERINGWHEEL | Keep both hands on this in a car (8,5) |
| PASSESTHEBUCK | Hands on responsibility for (6,3,4) |
| NSS | The aim of this Govt. of India program is to provide hands on experience to young students in delivering community service (Abbr.) |
| THEOMEN | Antichrist showing hands on introduction to God? (3,4) |
| RARE | Tough to get one's hands on |
| REIKI | Hands-on treatment to restrict family, forgetting last names (5) |
| ABBESS | Religious leader employing muscle to lay hands on missing pound |
| TAKETHEBULLBYTHEHORNS | To plunge into hard task, emulate matador's hands-on approach |
| ENCOUNTERS | Meets up, putting two hands on the table on Sunday (10) |
| ANNOYS | Rubs up the wrong way to lay hands on missing dhal (6) |
| ENTITLE | Have the right to have two hands on the championship (7) |
| WELD | Partners holding hands on vacation learned to bond (4) |
| TYPING | Getting one's hands on the keys working for Dictator (6) |
| TACTICAL | Calculated time required to replace pair in hands-on session |
| STAFFED | Having laid hands on, at breakfast gave food to (7) |
