| DOMINEER | Bully one who works around a colliery (8) |
| PLAYHAVOCWITH | Upset vital chap who works around yard (4,5,4) |
| DOMINEERS | BULLIES THOSE WHO WORK AROUND THE PIT |
| EXAMINER | Inspector is no longer a colliery worker (8) |
| HANDMAID | Heard machine didn't make it in Works around big house (8) |
| CAGE | A basic lift in the shaft of a colliery; a group of cells in a killer sudoku; a bidon holder on a bike's frame; or, an aviary, coop or hutch (4) |
| BROW | The top of a hill; a gallery in a colliery; a gangway from a ship to the shore; the first point/tine of an antler; or, one's forehead or supercilium (4) |
| VIEWER | A television watcher; an observer of a piece of art; a spectator generally; a colliery superintendent; or, a device for looking at film transparencies (6) |
| CHORALE | A number in service work around a trainee (7) |
| CANARY | Yellow finch known collectively as an aria or an opera and formerly employed as a colliery gas detector; a Madeira-like wine; or, an informal word for a jailbird or a soprano (6) |
| TRAM | A streetcar; a hutch, tub or wagon in a colliery; or, from "footpath" a weft yarn of two or more strands of silk (4) |
| TAMARILLO | Work around a ruin, old fruit (9) |
| BELLADONNA | Left the boy on 'bean work' around a poisonous perennial (10) |
| SASKATCHEWAN | Watch sneaks at work around a Canadian province (12) |
| SACREDCOW | Scared, possibly by bully - one given undue respect (6,3) |
| DRAGOON | Bully one to act (7) |
| BRUISER | Bully, one detained by British consumer (7) |
| COW | Bully - one's mate! |
| DEPUTY | Person appointed to act on behalf of a superior in said senior's absence; or, a fireman/examiner in a colliery (6) |
| AARONSROD | 1922 D H Lawrence novel about a colliery union official who is a talented flautist (6,3) |
