| AFAR | A farmer and reaper initially at a distance (4) |
| PREPARES | Trains coppers and reapers, possibly (8) |
| AMOS | Meaning "burden", a shepherd, sycamore fig farmer and prophet of doom in the OT who envisaged the locusts devouring the crops (4) |
| STUCKTOONESGUNS | Insisted on personal pieces, initially at a loss (5,2,4,4) |
| DIGUPTHEDIRT | A farmer and a gossip columnist both ___ |
| ANDANTINO | A new book can open initially at a gentle pace |
| GOTHIC | American ____, 1930 painting by Grant Wood depicting a farmer and daughter (6) |
| CULTIVATES | Was a farmer and one tried to make friends with (10) |
| RECIPE | How to cook eggs, initially, at a terrible price? (6) |
| PECK | Exercise control initially at Cork tip with little kiss (4) |
| IDLE | India's Dravid initially at short leg with nothing to do (4) |
| POST | Position of Pearse, initially, at top of O"Connell Street (4) |
| SNUB | Slight smudge, initially at central point (4) |
| YALE | Maybe lay an egg, initially, at university (4) |
| OATH | What witness takes in court or initially at hospital (4) |
| EXAM | Paper edited initially at 10 in the morning (4) |
| SPIN | Rotate some pots initially at home (4) |
| SCAB | Blackleg seen initially at advice centre (4) |
| KNEE | Keep nothing everlasting even initially at joint (4) |
| TRIM | The guard initially at the border is unsmiling (4) |
