| BURNINGQUESTION | Big Issue recording a firefighters' strike? (7,8) |
| GREENGODDESS | Fire engine used during a firefighters' strike (5,7) |
| BEGSTHEQUESTION | Looks for money for The Big Issue perhaps as assumes truth can't be taken for granted (4,3,8) |
| THIRDDEGREEBURN | Serious injury for a firefighter |
| IMMEDIATEDANGER | A firefighter at work may be in it |
| STEMMA | From "garland" and "to crown, wreathe", a family tree, a pedigree or a scroll recording a genealogy; or, a diagram showing the relationship of a text to its various manuscripts (6) |
| WATCH | A typically four-hour period of duty on a ship; a firefighter's shift; or, a flock of nightingales (5) |
| CHIT | From Hindi for "note, pass", a short letter; a signed bill recording a sum owed for food, drinks etc; or, from "kitten", a child or an impudent girl (4) |
| HIGHBIRTHRATE | Nobility and rank may well be a big issue (4,9) |
| OCTUPLET | One month's increase allowed for part of a Big Issue (8) |
| CANOFWORMS | Source of bait that's a big issue? |
| HYDRANT | A fireplug by which a firefighter attaches a hose to a water main prior to extinguishing a blaze (7) |
| PRODUCTION | Process of making a film, staging a play or recording a song (10) |
| DEMOTAPE | Daughter turned up recording a book - here's a sample? |
| META | Like a podcast about recording a podcast |
| NOTAPEEP | Upset about recording a old recording having no sound (3,1,4) |
| ERA | Big issue for NOW |
| CAUSECELEBRE | California to use celebrity going on about controversial Big Issue (5,7) |
| INELIGIBLE | Ruled out backing Big Issue initially in popular women's magazine (10) |
| PERU | *Deforestation is big issue in this country |
