| MENTALAGE | Chat endlessly among members of the household, showing a measure of intellectual ability |
| CLIPART | Graphics files stack up endlessly among pending purchases |
| MENAGE | Workers, mature members of the household (6) |
| PETS | Non-human members of the household |
| DAME | From the Latin for "mistress of the household", word for a female ruler in its earliest sense, now a title given to a woman with the rank of Knight Commander or a holder of the Grand Cross in the orde |
| ETIQUETTE | The customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a group (9) |
| TOG | Arose, it appears, showing a measure of warmth? |
| SHINE | Stand out, showing a measure of pushiness (5) |
| PINTO | Horse showing a measure of love? (5) |
| RAY | Word for a line of light or beam of sunshine, thus a glimmer of hope or a gleam of intellectual illumination (3) |
| PET | Member of the household that visits the vet |
| MIEN | Bearing of one among members of workforce (4) |
| LAYVICAR | Serviceman able to sing I found among members of cavalry |
| CATERS | Queen among members of her species provides what's needed |
| NANA | Elderly member of the household, affectionately |
| FINISH | Coat popular among members of school (6) |
| TEAM | Dispute among members of side (4) |
| GRENADIER | Member of the senior infantry regiment of the Household Division of the British Army (9) |
| UNIMAGINABLE | 'Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking. If it goes, the degree of intellectual impoverishment we face is ___.' Lynne Truss |
| MENTAL | Fellows chat endlessly - it's all in the mind (6) |