| SCALES | Aptly enough, they have a calibrated part |
| ASARULE | Normally how one might take a calibrated rod |
| INACIRCLE | "If people stand ____ long enough, they'll eventually begin to dance" (George Carlin) |
| LENGTH | Linear extent of a swimming pool, typically calibrated in metres; or, the span of a horse from nose to tail as a measure of the lead in a race (6) |
| OPPRESSOR | He may get a poor press, aptly enough! (9) |
| DUKES | Aptly enough, they're involved in the noble art |
| HAIRY | A scary rhyme, aptly enough (5) |
| MAN | Exclamation that, aptly enough, is like 'Boy!' |
| CST | Hrs. in Midland, Tex., aptly enough |
| GUM | Some legumes in the mouth, aptly enough (3) |
| HINDI | Language from North India, aptly enough (5) |
| SCHOOLMASTER | He may re-organise the classroom, aptly enough (12) |
| OLWEN | Aptly enough, she conducted Noel around the Welsh capital |
| ANAGRAM | "Bad credit" for "debit card," aptly enough |
| TUESDAY | What 2/2 is this year, aptly enough |
| MILEEND | Aptly enough, it's in East London! (4,3) |
| META | *Iron Maiden, e.g., aptly enough |
| GENEALOGIST | Got lineages from him? Aptly enough, yes! (11) |
| NSA | Org. created, aptly enough, in secret |
| END | This clue's place, aptly enough |