| GIFT | In a proverb, what horse should not be looked in the mouth? (4) |
| RIDABLE | What horse should be, with a bridle properly arranged (7) |
| GIFTHORSE | What shouldn't be looked in the mouth, according to the proverb (4,5) |
| BREAD | According to a proverb, what is the staff of life? (5) |
| MINISKIRT | This should not be looked up in Chambers! (9) |
| OLDMOTHERHUBBARD | Who looked in the cupboard for the dog's bone? (3,6,7) |
| ONSO | "Look what a horse should have he did not lack, / Save a proud rider ___ proud a back": Shakespeare |
| FACED | Looked in the eye |
| ORIEL | Marjorie looked in the window (5) |
| ITGOESTOSHOW | Simply proves what horse float does at Horse of the Year (2,4,2,4) |
| GREENER | Like the grass on the other side, in a proverb |
| MEWS | Sounds like a cat where horse should be (4) |
| ONSHORE | No horse should be let loose towards the coast (7) |
| BESTRIDDEN | The champion jockey's horse should be - or any jockey's (10) |
| STABLE | There are bleats coming from where the horse should be! (6) |
| GALLOP | Ask for an opinion from head barman backing what horse will do on the racecourse (6) |
| ROD | If spared you "spoil the child", in a proverb |
| RULE | It's made to be broken, in a proverb |
| ANAPPLEADAY | Intake that "keeps the doctor away," in a proverb |
| CUSTOMERISALWAYSRIGHT | In a proverb popularised by Harry Gordon Selfridge and others, "The ____" |