| DELIMEAT | Subject of a counter balance? |
| CONTRA | Member of a counter revolutionary Guerilla force in Nicaragua |
| ALTO | The sound of a counter-tenor in real tones |
| DELI | Site of a counter offer? |
| TRENT | Site of a Counter-Reformation council, 1545-63 |
| OFFSET | Counter balance (6) |
| FOIL | Counter balance? (4) |
| REFOREST | Counter-balance clear-cutting |
| NEUTRALISE | Counter-balance |
| SETOFFS | Counter-balances |
| RECRIMINATORY | Referring to crisis not half threatening with nature of a counter-attack |
| WINK | A nictate indicating a greeting, joke, secret etc; a counter flicked with a squidger in a game; a nap; an instant; or, a flash of a headlight (4) |
| BAR | A block of chocolate, gold or soap; a measure in music; a counter in a cafe/pub; a shoal; or, a court of law (3) |
| FISH | A flat piece of bone as a counter in a game; an informal word for a torpedo; or, an ichthys or one of a pair of piscis represented in the constellation or zodiacal water sign Pisces (4) |
| TOKEN | Amoret, favour or memento such as an engraved coin, love-knot or a portrait miniature; a counter, man or piece for a board game; or, a voucher exchanged for a book or a gift (5) |
| CHIP | Another word for a French fry; a counter used as currency in a casino; or, a small chunk of chocolate (4) |
| MARKER | A beacon, buoy or other indicator; a thick felt-tip pen; a scorekeeper in billiards or squash; an attendance recorder; or, a counter in a game (6) |
| BACKING | Support at the rear or by way of a body of helpers, facing, funding, lining, mounting, musical accompaniment or stiffening; or, a counter-clockwise change of wind (7) |
| REBUT | Produce a counter-argument about a word of objection (5) |
| TILL | Boulder clay; shale; or, a box, cash register or drawer for holding money behind a counter in a shop (4) |
