| TOMBOYISH | (Of a girl) preferring boisterous activities |
| NUDISM | Word for a naturist preferring a state of undress as opposed to a "textile", favouring clothes (6) |
| NUDIST | Word for a naturist preferring a state of undress as opposed to a "textile", favouring clothes (6) |
| CHOP | Somewhat macho - preferring a bit of pork or lamb (4) |
| AQUATIC | Run from a couple of pints, I see, preferring water |
| AMAZE | Shock a friend, preferring the back of topaz to its front (5) |
| ETHOLOGY | Energy out of place in religious discipline, preferring science of character (8) |
| DIRIGISTE | Preferring state control of economic and social matters |
| UNSOCIAL | A consul I confused, preferring to be alone (8) |
| PLUTO | Thinker preferring university to a bitter world |
| SQUADS | Groups of molluscs preferring America to India (6) |
| SOJOURN | Dwell for a time in London area, preferring joint to heroin regularly current |
| BIASED | Preferring to be on one side when a bed is made (6) |
| LONDONER | Cockney, perhaps, one preferring his own company, a fellow stuck in (8) |
| MOISTURE | Earthworms are mostly active when there is enough ___ present in the soil, preferring soils that have a chemical property ranging from neutral to slightly acidic. |
| NOCTURNAL | A fox is ___ preferring to go about its tasks at night. |
| CLEMATIS | Preferring its "head in the sun and feet in the shade", a climbing plant also aptly named traveller's joy for its prevalence along hedgerows, pathways and roadsides (8) |
| HERBIVORE | Two chaps with ecstasy, one preferring grass (9) |
| OUTDOORSY | Stood your ground, preferring to be outside (9) |
| TALISMAN | Fundamentalists preferring heartless sadism over British charm (8) |
