| CLOGGED | Blocked with an accumulation of thick, wet matter, such as mud in the tread of your wellies! (7) |
| CLOGUP | Become blocked with an accumulation of thick. we matter (4,2) |
| TREAD | Sole dater (at the base of your wellies, where mud collects in the gaps)! (5) |
| DIRT | Any unclean substance such as mud or earth (4) |
| GUMBOOTS | Mob rioting with gusto, in wellies! (8) |
| MUD | Soft wet matter (3) |
| SIPE | What is a groove in the tread of a tyre to improve its grip? (4) |
| DEPOSIT | Sum of money placed into a bank account; down payment; or, an accumulation of sediments (7) |
| OBSCENE | Dirty old Italian well blocked with odd bits of sock (7) |
| PORTENT | Luck; prediction of one's future; or, an, accumulation of wealth (7) |
| BACKLOG | An accumulation of uncompleted work, etc to be dealt with (7) |
| ARCHIVE | An accumulation of historical records (7) |
| MORAINE | What is an accumulation of earth and stones left by a glacier? (7) |
| MIXEDUP | In a mess, as mud pie is covering ten |
| RISER | Vertical section between the treads of steps, as in the cultivar of sempervivum: 'Firgrove Early ___'! (5) |
| CAKEDON | Encrusted, as mud |
| MULCH | Matter such as bark chippings, grass clippings or leaf mould with a multitude of purposes in the gar |
| RECAP | To replace a section of the tread of a tyre, is to do what (5) |
| GAS | Word, based on "chaos" and coined by Jan Baptista van Helmont, for a fundamental state of matter, such as the carbon dioxide identified by said chemist; or, in another sense, empty boastful talk or bl |
| JAUNDICE | Yellowing of the skin caused by an accumulation of bile pigment in the blood (8) |
