| ISLEY | "It's Your Thing" by The ___ Brothers |
| TURNOFF | An unappealing thing, by the way |
| TIGHTEN | Contract, massive thing by the sound of it (7) |
| AUGUR | To prophesy is a boring thing, by the sound of it (5) |
| STAPLES | In the office, they"ll fix things by the thousand (7) |
| SLOWONTHEUPTAKE | Dim and carrying things by the stairs instead of the lift? (4,2,3,6) |
| SLOWINTHEUPTAKE | Dim and carrying things by the stairs instead of the lift? (4,2,3,6) |
| PURIST | One who does things by the book |
| LITERATI | Ones who do things by the book? |
| LIBRARIES | Places that do things by the book? |
| ISLEYS | "It's Your Thing" performers |
| CONFERENCE | Hold a meeting to talk over things, by the end, at new church (10) |
| DOOBIE | "listen to the Music" by The ___ brothers |
| JONAS | "A Little Bit Longer" by the ___ Brothers |
| AMES | "Sentimental Me" by the ___ Brothers |
| ALLMAN | "Ramblin' Man" by The ___ Brothers Band |
| SINNED | Did the wrong thing by taking the man back (6) |
| NEON | Noble gas named after the Greek word for "new thing" by its discovers Ramsay and Travers that is used in fluorescent lamps and illuminated advertising signs (4) |
| EVEN | "___ Better than the Real Thing" by U2 |
| REAL | "Even Better Than the ___ Thing" by U2 |
