| AGRONOMIC | Answer, pithy, about crop at the heart of rural economy |
| RURITANIA | Fantastic country bishop leaving devastated heart of rural Britain |
| SHORTCUT | A quicker route to get a close crop at the barber's? (5,3) |
| AFTERMATH | A second hay crop at the farm, maybe (9) |
| SCRAWL | Scribble second letter principally about crop |
| HEARSOFCORN | Learns about crops like maize? |
| TOPDRAWER | The cream of the crop at sketching? (3,6) |
| CORNCOB | Train bronco with crop at first, the hard part of it (7) |
| CORNWALL | Impenetrable row of crops at one end of the country? (8) |
| SCYTHE | Cut small crop at first the following year (6) |
| DIRE | Was initial drop in rural economy horrific? (4) |
| AGRONOMY | Silver fern finally recognised in large rural economy (8) |
| SCRAWNY | Second crop at New York thin and bony (7) |
| COURTSHIP | Romantic pursuit for all to see among this crop at work (9) |
| BARNYARD | Spilt bran on back of wagon, where you might bring crops at harvest (8) |
| KOS | Island raising fine crops at its eastern tip (3) |
| FUMES | Smoke spliff you farm - legitimate crops at last (5) |
| JEFFERIES | Naturalist noted for his depiction of rural life in works including Bevis, The Open Air and Tarka the Otter author Henry Williamson's favourite book The Story of My Heart (9) |
| MILLET | French painter noted for his scenes of rural life and peasantry including The Sower, The Potato Harvest, The Gleaners and Calling Home the Cows (6) |
| SMOCKING | Embroidery technique in the form of a series of honeycomb stitches, traditionally used for the cuffs, bodices or yokes of rural tunics or girls' dresses (8) |
