| STABLEDOOR | A horse or pony's Dutch-style entryway or divided hatch that, when bolted too late, provides the basis for an idiom about useless precautions or a tardy use of a safeguarding latch (6,4) |
| KAMOURASKA | 1970 Anne Hebert historical novel sharing the name of the St. Lawrence River village in the Bas-saint-laurent region of Quebec where it is set |
| RHODESIA | One-time colony is overthrown when Greek character, almost late, provides cover |
| NARROW | Close when bolted back with chain (6) |
| SNIP | A bargain; a cinch; a cut with scissors; the sound thus made; a share; a shred; a small white patch on a horse or pony's nose; or, a tailor (4) |
| TROT | A toddler; a horse or pony's two-beat gait; or, a spell of such a jog (4) |
| BIT | Mouthpiece attached to a horse or pony's bridle; small coin; or, a single digit of binary notation (3) |
| GIRTH | Belly-band or cinch with which to secure a horse or pony's saddle (5) |
| KECSKEMET | With a name derived from the Hungarian for "goat", which town near Budapest is the capital of the Ba |
| FACTOR | A number that can be multiplied or divided to produce another (6) |
| CAKE | The entirety of something that is to be shared or divided |
| ENSOR | Les XX co-founder who lived in the seaside town of Ostend, his works include The Intrigue and The Ba |
| GRANDPA | Pop's pop ... or, divided into three parts, what the answers to starred clues have in common |
| ZONAL | A kind of pelargonium whose leaves are heavily marked, or divided into areas (5) |
| STARLET | Toyota hatch that debuted in the Seventies (7) |
| CHARADE | Daihatsu hatch that spawned a Gtti version (7) |
| PONY | Hyundai hatch that came to our shores in the early 1980s (4) |
| TOTAL | Complete football Dutch style in the 1970s |
| CITROENVISA | French hatch that got the GTi treatment in 1985 (7,4) |
| NOSEBAG | A horse's head-hung hay holder, a pony's portable provender pouch or a mule's muzzle-loaded meal carrier; a picnicker's lunch; or, food (7) |
