| PREHENSILE | Able to grasp spreading rep's lie about poultry |
| TALONED | Irish politician going about unaccompanied is somehow able to grasp things (7) |
| HANDLE | Anyone should be able to grasp this (6) |
| CANOPENER | Is old noble able to grasp new kitchen device? (3-6) |
| BELGRAVIA | Somehow able to grasp historical King by way of part of London |
| HOTTEST | The very latest news, that one is least able to grasp? (7) |
| APPREHENSIVE | Worried about poultry I have with a very soft covering |
| CLUTCHES | What it is, about poultry-farming, that is gripping? (8) |
| CHICKENALAKINGKONG | "All right, how about poultry with a huge hairy ape?" |
| HATCHINGPOST | Blog entry about poultry reproduction? |
| COCKANDBULL | (& 12-across) Tall tale about poultry and cattle (4,3,4,5) |
| PURSESTRINGS | Motivation for boxer on the road to find places to fight might be something for the accountant to grasp (5,7) |
| NEBULAE | Unable to grasp point about heavenly bodies (7) |
| INTANGIBLE | It's hard to grasp, enabling it to be misconstrued (10) |
| MUGSHOT | Snap warning to one intending to grasp a coffee? |
| SPLUTTERED | Struggled to get words out when rushed to grasp line, say (10) |
| REACH | Go as far as to try to grasp it (5) |
| REGULAR | A glorious thing for a gondolier's girl to be even craving to grasp equal opportunity after getting |
| NORTHDAKOTAN | Statesman with Koran to hand failing to grasp beginning of translation (5,7) |
| GENTEEL | News at Ten's first item something hard to grasp, to be polite |
