| WHETSTONE | Could be when to set a sharpener (9) |
| ONTIME | Rice tucked into when lunch could be, when it should be! (2,4) |
| OXLIP | Bloomer, phlox, could be when I replace hothead (5) |
| ATNIGHT | Terrible gin, that could be when shepherds see red sky with delight (2,5) |
| POINTLESS | Futile as a pencil without a sharpener (9) |
| GASTROPOD | Deity holding a sharpener and a mollusc |
| CRAYONBOX | Container that may have a sharpener |
| SAWDOCTOR | Noticed medic producing a sharpener (3,6) |
| APPETISER | It whets one's desire to set a piper reeling (9) |
| PRICELESS | It's of tremendous value to set a cost that's lower (9) |
| LIEINWAIT | We initial order to set a trap (3,2,4) |
| MATCHLESS | How should you be when looking for a gas leak? (9) |
| SHELLFISH | His flesh might be, when about fifty, like a crab (9) |
| TURNEDOUT | Proved to be, when unmoulded (6,3) |
| SUCCOURED | Supported as muggins may be when speaking? |
| PIPINGHOT | How warm haggis should be when brought into the room? (6,3) |
| POLISHOFF | Finish finish has quickly been when removed shiny (6,3) |
| OILSTONE | Lines too wavy to be a sharpener (8) |
| NUB | Piece that might be too short for a sharpener |
| RESOLUTION | Decision to change a destructive habit, form a new favourable one or to set a goal, especially in the New Year (10) |
