| SEEDAYLIGHT | Begin to understand what Lapps can't do at Christmas |
| TRIMTHETREE | What kids'll do at Christmas |
| OVERINDULGE | Undergo vile transformation as one may do at Christmas (11) |
| DEADOFWINTER | Scare off over a party with loud music for what Victor did at Christmas (4,2,6) |
| TARGET | Sailor needs to understand what's to be aimed at |
| ONEIS | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| KNOWWHAT | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| TALKINGABOUT | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| GETTHEBOOT | Be fired to understand what's at the back of the car (3,3,4) |
| REALISE | To understand what good ale is ... is English! (7) |
| TUTU | Express disapproval, beginning to understand what dancer's got herself into? |
| THATSNOTTHEPOINT | *"You fail to understand what I'm saying" |
| SENTIENCE | Ability to understand what judge pronounces about one |
| DIGEST | Gradually come to understand what may be abstract |
| GETTHERE | Summon the engineers to understand what is meant |
| SEEMS | Appears to understand what is written |
| COTTONON | Come to understand what a reel may have (6,2) |
| LIPREAD | See one's way to understand what is said (3-4) |
| GNOMIC | Difficult to understand what's coming out |
| READJUST | Change as necessary to understand what's fair (8). |
