| OKAYING | Authorising omission of a king from old water sport (7) |
| NORSE | Bouquet welcomes king from old Scandinavia |
| SYNCOPE | Omission of a letter or syllable from the middle of a word, as in the common pronunciations of Wednesday, library etc. (7) |
| ELISION | Omission of a sound or syllable in a word, as when over becomes o'er or it is becomes 'tis (7) |
| DENARII | Study a king from Ireland having head on Irish and old Roman coins (7) |
| APOCOPE | Omission of a word's final sound or syllable, as in "cuppa" or "pud" (7) |
| ERASURE | Problematic omission of a certain group |
| TIRADES | Lectures from courses about a king from the east |
| YEWTREE | The old water, lapping edges of timber growth ... (3,4) |
| WARRANT | A document such as a guarantee; or, a judicial writ authorising an arrest or a property search (7) |
| LICENCE | Document authorising abuse of freedom (7) |
| SEISMIC | Shocking omission of "the plural of mou___e" (7) |
| LETTING | Authorising Nigel to run the race in it (7) |
| STARING | Glaring omission of tea, when starting (7) |
| APOSTROPHE | A diacritical sign used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters (10) |
| HAROLD | Leader in Hastings, a king from a long time ago? |
| EWER | Old water-carrier a feature of brewery (4) |
| LOSTSPRING | A collection of hot pool filled with 16,000-year-old water in the Coromandel (4,6) |
| TWEED | Pulled a King from the river (5) |
| EUREKA | French department - a king from the east's got it! |
