| TANKS | Alicedale women say they get water but can't keep much of it. They can't afford ...? (5) |
| CANAPE | In some parts of the UK, they say they can't afford a bite to eat (6) |
| BELLS | Beauties, say - they get rung (5) |
| THEPENNYDROPS | One understands what sweets the very poor might afford? (3,5,5) |
| BUSHMANS | Alicedale women get water from this river but don't trust it. (8) |
| CART | In Alicedale women feel victimised by the municipality and contractors who do what with water? (4) |
| WORKSHOPS | Alicedale women are getting together to fight to survive drought and floods. This is an old word in SA struggle language. (9) |
| STANDINGROOM | Requirement of jilted bride at altar what crowded church affords? (8-4) |
| DATAPROTECTION | What safeguard at accountants affords? |
| PAYDEARLY | What timeshare affords? When merger occurs, bitterly regret actions (3,6) |
| LEEKS | Breaches of confidentiality, by the sound of it - they could be in the soup! (5) |
| HORSE | You can lead a ___ to water, but you can't make it drink, proverb (5) |
| SEINE | Water, but there's a certain amount of wine on the way (5) |
| ELECT | Be discriminating against women, say, and lose head (5) |
| EXIST | Be discriminating against women, say, and lose head (5) |
| EWERS | They hold water but fewer seem to have them (5) |
| LIPID | An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. (5) |
| FROGS | Animals that don't drink water, but rather absorb it through their skin |
| ROMAN | Alphabet used for writing English - when the Japanese are using it they call it romaji |
| CRAWL | One's fast in the water but slow on land (5) |
