| REDUCING | Cured with the aid of gin, I'm losing weight (8) |
| EVACUATE | Get to safety with the aid of a ute hidden in the cave (8) |
| SQUIRREL | Flying ____, rodent that glides with the aid of a wing-like membrane of skin (8) |
| ISABELLA | Wife of Edward II who overthrew him with the aid of her lover Roger de Mortimer (8) |
| ESCAPADE | Escaped with the aid of a wild prank (8) |
| MEDITATE | To focus one's mind, often with the aid of chanting, for religious or spiritual purposes (8) |
| ESPRESSO | Spain sores cured with coffee (8) |
| PASTILLE | Something since cured with last of medicine in tablet |
| REMEDIED | Cured with a mere restorative before one was beyond curing (8) |
| FINNANHADDOCK | Type of fish cured with the smoke of green wood and peat (6,7) |
| FINNAN | Haddock cured with the smoke of green wood/peat, traditionally in the Scottish village from which said piscine delicacy derived its name (6) |
| PARTHENOPEANREPUBLIC | What was the transitory Republic of Naples established with the aid of the French in 1799 but overth |
| TUTANKHAMEN | 'Wonderful things,' were what archaeologist Howard Carter saw with the aid of a candle on first opening the tomb of this Egyptian King in 1922 |
| IMPELS | Drives the little devil with the aid of Les (6) |
| ALLEN | Tool used to assemble flat-packed furniture with the aid of an incomprehensible set of instructions |
| ALIBABA | Arabian Nights character who, with the aid of clever Morgiana, foiled the forty thieves (3,4) |
| POLEVAULT | Sport in which an athlete jumps over an obstacle with the aid of a pole. Originally a practical means of clearing objects, such as ditches, brooks, and fences, this activity became a competitive sport |
| VAULTER | One who leaps with the aid of a pole, as in the athletic sport (7) |
| CAVIAR | Transport with the aid of delicacy (6) |
| AVIATE | Consume inside with the aid of pilot (6) |
