| MULTIFORM | Be firm and moult in many different ways (9) |
| SLEEP | Seals can ___ underwater and usually only come on land to escape predators like whales and sharks, as well as to mate, give birth, feed and moult |
| SARI | Garment that can be draped in many different ways |
| ARIA | Air, in many different ways? |
| MANLY | "I was not ladylike, nor was I ___ ... There were so many different ways to be a beauty": Jonathan, in "A Home at the End of the World" |
| SCATTERED | Goes in many different directions |
| PLUTONIUM | Radioactive element turned up in moult maybe (9) |
| TREMULOUS | Quivering at moult? Sure might be! (9) |
| CLOSEDOWN | Many moult when young at the end (5-4) |
| GUILLEMOT | Bird in moult, one leg scruffy |
| OBSTINATE | With reorganisation of station, be firm (9) |
| STANDFAST | Be firm, stomach, and go hungry (5,4) |
| FISHERMAN | He's angling to be firm, but ashen notwithstanding (9) |
| GETACROSS | Have you understand you'll be firm on hybrid (3,6) |
| CORED | An apple may be firm and brightly coloured (5) |
| CONVERSE | Talk may be firm, and otherwise never about son (8) |
| COPED | Managed to be firm and spread this evenly |
| COG | Small bit of machine must be firm and strong ultimately |
| PUTONESFOOTDOWN | Be firm and accelerate (3,4,4,4) |
| MACAROON | Small light almond-cake that often has a layer of cream in the middle and comes in many different hu |