| BUSKIN | Boot that reaches halfway or more to knee |
| EQUATOR | Quorate assembly reaches halfway point? |
| FINISHINGPOST | What you have to reach first, by a nose or more, to win the Guineas or Oaks (9,4) |
| STORM | Lay siege to some of the cast, or more to come (5) |
| UNITE | Go from two or more to one |
| COVENANT | Signed agreement between two or more to do something (8) |
| ASSAY | Some pass a year or more to examine ore |
| UPPER | Topmost part of a shoe or boot that includes its vamp (5) |
| LAP | A single turn of rope or thread around a drum, reel or other coiled object; a circuit of a racetrack; the forepart of a skirt and/or the body, from waist to knees; thin liquid food for a dog; an earlo |
| OINT | As before, apply oil to knee, say, beginning to go |
| ACL | Band that contributes to knee flexion, for short |
| CAPRI | Isle that lends its name to knee-length pants |
| SETTLEOLDSCORES | Hang up one's hat with pensioners - 40 or more - to avenge past grievances (6,3,6) |
| UNDERSTAND | See either of two or more to have reached an agreement (10,4,5) |
| EACH | See either of two or more to have reached an agreement (10,4,5) |
| OTHER | See either of two or more to have reached an agreement (10,4,5) |
| WELL | Boot that is removed may be full of water (4) |
| KICKTHEBUCKET | Drop boot that can be passed round before start of extra time |
| WELLIE | Boot that is holding up properly (6) |
| ICESKATE | Boot that is sheltering cold small shrew (3,5) |
