| ROUGHANDTUMBLE | Cryptic hint for nut blamed for scuffle? |
| CORINTH | My cryptic hint for old port (7) |
| SURELYANDSIMPLY | Just underplays cryptic hint (6,3,6) |
| NOUGAT | From Latin for "nut" and Provencal for "nut cake", a hazel-hued, pink or white chewy sweetmeat with almonds, noisettes or other kernels (6) |
| THREEMENINABOAT | Book title that's a cryptic hint to get agent male fellowship? (5,3,2,1,4) |
| INTHEHAND | Cryptic hint, what with bird being worth double here? (2,3,4) |
| THINAIR | Cryptic hint on vent into which one disappears (4,3) |
| MEDDLE | Two daughters in endless scuffle? Intervene (6) |
| NOYAU | From French for "fruit-stone" and Latin for "nut", almond- or marzipan-flavoured liqueur made by infusing apricot, cherry or peach kernels (5) |
| NOTRUMP | Alternative suit for nut or eccentric politician (2,5) |
| CASHEW | Money we sent over for nut (6) |
| MUDSLINGING | Dirty tactics, and a cryptic hint to what's happening in the shaded squares |
| TAKEAPOISONPILL | Employ defensive tactics to thwart corporate takeovers ... and a cryptic hint to the shaded squares |
| LABYRINTH | LA Times runs cryptic hint: misleading passages here? (9) |
| THEREMIN | Cryptic hint about European rock band's instrument |
| SCAB | Strike-breaker showing evidence of a scuffle? (4) |
| ERENATA | Like matters arising in Court Area 10 after scuffle? |
| PECAN | Largely favoured container for nut (5) |
| PISTACHIO | Haiti cops are working for nut (9) |
| FEZ | Cover for nut made of iron plus something unknown |
