| GROUNDFORCE | Core for dung spread around for old gardening show (6,5) |
| HEDGEFUND | Feed dung, spread by back of bush - its growth could prove fruitful |
| TENKO | Swap token around for old POW camp drama set in Japan (5) |
| ORISON | Turns up, no teacher is around for old prayer (6) |
| GRUB | Common name for dung beetle larvae |
| FAECES | Another name for dung |
| STRETCHLIMO | Wheels turn inside core for cooling, I'd say (7,4) |
| SPRAY | Spread around, for instance, about public relations (5) |
| OPUSES | 9 or 21 spread around for all to see |
| JAILHOUSE | Ah Jock, sour lie is spread around for an Elvis hit (9,4) |
| ROCK | Ah Jock, sour lie is spread around for an Elvis hit (9,4) |
| FORMER | Core for winding an electrical core |
| TROWELED | Spread around for sealing |
| DRAKE | Bird close to old gardening implement (5) |
| HOE | The man carrying old gardening tool |
| HEA | Organisation of gardening show exhibitors: the Horticultural Exhibitors' Association (1,1,1) |
| COSTA | - Georgiadis, TV gardening show presenter (5) |
| BEECHAM | Wood's name's core for an English conductor |
| LAYER | Crust, mantle or inner core, for the earth |
| NEEDING | Relying on Germany to supply core for reconditioned engine (7) |