| HOMEDECOR | December over, Mr Simpson set about furnishing for the house |
| SCATTERRUG | Casual soft furnishing for the floor (7,3) |
| HANCOCKSHALFHOUR | BBC radio comedy written by Galton and Simpson, set at 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam |
| CORFU | Some new decor. Furnishings for the island (5) |
| AMBULANCE | A doctor, uncertain initially over Mr Armstrong, gets a vehicle for emergencies (9) |
| HEADBOARD | Part of furnishing for chief executive and directors (9) |
| NIALL | All in confusion over Mr Horan of One Direction (5) |
| REVAMP | Work over (MR. PAVE anagram) (6) |
| CUSHION | Item of soft furnishing for a window seat, settle or a sofa; part of a billiard table; or, an engraver's pad (7) |
| BUILDERS | They're doing the spadework for The House and for the homemakers (8) |
| HOMERULE | Mr Simpson goes over extremely unusual last chance "Devo Max" (4,4) |
| MINIATURIST | With onus on "tiny", a word for a limner or painter of small-scale illustrations, manuscript illuminations, pictures or portraits; or, one who makes toy-size figurines and furnishings for dolls' house |
| BOSWORTH | The 1485 will of Thomas Longe, from Ashwellthorpe, makes him the first named common soldier who fought for the House of York in the 1485 Battle of ... Field (8) |
| CHALET | The middle of the garland is removed for the house (6) |
| HOMER | Mr Simpson wrote the Iliad? |
| OKLAHOMA | Musical Mr Simpson heard by fair maiden shunning heartless sisters (8) |
| OMER | Mr. Simpson, if you say his name with a Cockney accent |
| OJIBWA | Mr Simpson and I bow oddly, meeting a Native American |
| FIRM | After being knocked over, Mister Short's condition is stable |
| DECOR | Furnishings for a month, golden (5). |
