| BIRTHDAYS | Annual celebrations, third of which may be in laurels (9) |
| SPRAYTANS | Soft form of sunlight featuring in Laurel's beauty treatments (5,4) |
| BIRTHDAY | Celebration third at sea, within cove |
| FINLAND | Country, a third of which lies within the Arctic circle (7) |
| CHATEAU | French castle has causeways, one-third of which retain heat, surprisingly (7) |
| IRONS | Deals with clothes, say, several of which may be in the fire |
| SERVANT | Lesser van transport, part of which may be in a train (7) |
| RENNET | Return of banknote, which may be in Leicester, say |
| ICEMEN | Professional killers; two thirds of which are policemen |
| BARBECUED | Bread, cube of which may be cooked out-of-doors (9) |
| CARBOLIC | Phenol, bar of which may be used in tummy upset (8) |
| DARKLANTERN | Lamp, the light of which may be concealed |
| PARTICULARS | A specific sun-top, details of which may be seen (11) |
| ESSES | Letters, collar of which may be formed (5) |
| MOON | Satellite, half of which may be fingered (4) |
| HOSEPIPE | Tube, the use of which may be banned during British droughts (8) |
| BARATHEA | AA, 15 of which may be material (8) |
| SPECIE | Coined money, pieces of which may be distributed (6) |
| MUTTON | Meat, leg of which may be sleeved (6) |
| LOSSES | Casualties, one of which may be termed dead (6) |
