| CANDLE | Macbeth's life a brief one, but a measure of a certain intensity |
| ATALETOLDBYANIDIOT | Macbeth's life identity: a ballad too stupid? |
| OMEGA | Last in series after a long time, and a brief one, are up |
| MANKINI | A brief one-piece bathing garment for males (7) |
| IAMBIC | I am a kind of writer - like a measure of a line of verse (6) |
| LETTER | Can be a single one - but a whole lot is correspondingly a single one also ... (6) |
| RULE | Word for a graduated strip of metal or wood; a code of religious life; a principle of conduct or procedure; or, a standard of estimation (4) |
| EFFICIENCY | A measure of a mechanical system's effectiveness, usually the ratio of the power delivered by a mechanical system to the power supplied to it (10) |
| METRE | A measure of a scheme of versification (5) |
| HAND | Unit of four inches as a measure of a horse's height (4) |
| CHURCHYARD | Usually a grave place to be. Is it a measure of a higher plane? (10) |
| LEGEND | Traditional story or one of a saint's life; a motto or caption with a picture; a hero; or, an inscription on a coin (6) |
| MANTILLA | A man has to cultivate one, but a woman will wear it (8) |
| ESS | A spider has one but a fly has none |
| CAR | A Mustang is one, but a Clydesdale isn't |
| NAUTICALMILE | New and precious type of floor covers cool institute and that's a measure of a crafty sort (8,4) |
| DIPSTICK | A measure of a pickpocket's credit (8) |
| GRADIENT | A measure of a slope or inclination (8) |
| HANDICAP | In golf, a measure of a player's ability (8) |
| FILLIN | Brief one on how to be a substitute? (4,2) |
