| ACCOUNT | Bill, a civic leader to include (7) |
| MAYORAL | Of a civic leader (7) |
| CONTOUR | Relief for a civic leader on tour (7) |
| ORAL | May get such a test about a civic leader (4) |
| CHITS | A civic leader could use this to make notes (5) |
| VIC | He was a bit of a civic leader (3) |
| ACCOST | Aggressively confront a civic leader's expenditure (6) |
| ADVANCE | Civic leader in Nevada forced to move along (7) |
| PUFFING | One with a large bill, A£1000, for making pants |
| INVOICE | Bill a customer (7) |
| TABASCO | Bill a small company for sauce (7) |
| STARTED | Began with top of the bill: a man (7) |
| URGENCY | Press civic leader in state of emergency (7) |
| ROSTRUM | Speaker's place in a civic forum |
| ABADJOB | Sailor Bill -a patient bloke -trying to make the best of it? (1,3,3) |
| TAB | Versatile word with meanings including an aerofoil, a bill, a cigarette, a collar insignia, a dose of LSD, a flap, a fob, a loop of a theatrical curtain, the drape itself, musical notation, a pill, a |
| SUPPORT | A band or other act not topping the bill; a prop; a canvas upon which a painting is executed; or, a means of comfort or financial assistance (7) |
| NIB | A bird's beak or bill; a pen point; a peak, projection or prong; a shaft of a scythe's snath; or, an aristocrat (3) |
| BEAK | Word for a bird's bill, a human's nose, a squid's mouthpart or a turtle's jaw that is also long-standing public school slang for a master or teacher (4) |
| AVO | A restriction, initially from a civic centre inside job |
