| DOCTRINAL | Bones initially needed in experiment to do with teaching |
| EDUCATIONAL | To do with teaching (11) |
| GLUTEN | Protein in wheat initially needed to support muscle |
| MONKEYTRIAL | Nickname of a 1925 court case in which John Scopes was charged with teaching evolution in the classr |
| MONKEY | Popular name for the proceedings in July 1925, in Tennessee, against John T Scopes, charged with teaching evolution (6,5) |
| TRIAL | Down Popular name for the proceedings in July 1925, in Tennessee, against John T Scopes, charged with teaching evolution (6,5) |
| HENNA | Feathered layer initially needed with a plant (5) |
| CAPITALLETTER | Splendid piece of correspondence initially needed to make your name (7,6) |
| TESSERACT | Concerns about interrupting experiment to reveal object in higher space |
| ONTHEBALL | Halt noble experiment to be up with the play (2,3,4) |
| CRIBBAGE | Bone initially bent, then broken in prison game (8) |
| CUR | Dog shows restraint when presented with bone initially |
| WILDDUCK | Stormy Daniels initially needed no introduction to The Donald - there's a name for this game (4,4) |
| REPARABLE | Concerned with teaching story that can be put right |
| JOBBED | Patient man with teaching qualification worked occasionally |
| DEBRIS | Gentleman with teaching qualification -- flipping rubbish (6) |
| INLAW | Wife's sister perhaps through with teaching, some said (2-3) |
| SCHIEHALLION | Perthshire mountain used in a 1774 experiment to estimate the earth’s mass |
| SCREED | Strip on bedroom floor? Spouse initially needed persuasion (6) |
| ARGON | Voyaging vessel of old initially needed gas (5) |
