| RURALRIDES | 1830 work by the social reformer William Cobbett (5,5) |
| RURAL | '--- Rides', 1830 work by William Cobbett (5) |
| ACCOUNTANT | The bookkeeper's version supported by the social worker (10) |
| EDWINDROOD | Editor takes turn at back door work, by the Dickens! (5,5) |
| SUPERGRASS | Prolific singer likely to publicise work by The Killers? (10) |
| MOB | "Nouns of number, or multitude, such as ____, Parliament, Rabble, House of Commons [...] and the like" (William Cobbett) |
| SAMUELMORSE | US inventor and painter of the 1830 work The Chapel of the Virgin at Subiaco (6,5) |
| BLACKLIVESMATTER | Phrase coined by the social activist Alicia Garza in 2013 |
| STRATUM | Art must be affected by the social level (7) |
| HAYES | TD who has been suspended by the Social Democrats since December. (5) |
| AIRRAID | Song - could be work by The Police or work of the B52s |
| FAMILYCREDIT | UK benefit introduced by the Social Security Act 1986 that replaced Family Income Supplement |
| PROPEL | Push advertising work, work by the Spanish (6) |
| GOLDENBOUGH | 'The ------ ', 1890 work by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer subtitled A Study In Magic And Religion (6,5) |
| MCMICHAEL | The ___ Canadian Art Collection (Gallery in the Ontario village of Kleinburg, it features works by The Group of Seven) |
| THOMSON | Commemorated in Poets' Corner with a memorial designed by Robert Adam, a Scottish bard and dramatist whose The Seasons inspired works by the likes of Clare, Gainsborough, Haydn, Reynolds and Turner (7 |
| STOP | Quit work, by the way |
| ELOPER | Runaway given work by the Spanish Queen |
| THEDECAMERON | 1353 work by the Italian writer Boccaccio (3,9) |
| OPPRESS | Subjugate work by the media |