| SHOETREE | Device to maintain the shape of footwear (8) |
| SHOE | This type of 'tree' is used for retaining the shape of footwear! (4) |
| TRACTION | Sustained pulling of a part of the body to maintain the positions of fractured bones, correct deformity etc. (8) |
| PRESERVE | Book on the quiet, initially, to maintain the status quo (8) |
| BOOSTERS | Supplementary injections of a vaccine given to maintain the immunisation provided by earlier doses (8) |
| EXOTERIC | How mysterious to maintain the Queen is anything but! (8) |
| KEEPSTEP | Tipped favourites look to maintain the pace (4,4) |
| RELATION | Fixed allowance to maintain the Spanish cousin perhaps |
| EPISODES | So I maintain the speed to complete the whole story (8) |
| BALANCE | One of the functions of the brain is to maintain the Body___ (7) |
| STRAINER | In a farm fence, what large post maintains the tension of the wires? (8) |
| REINSURE | Maintain the same policy? (8) |
| ADHERETO | Maintain the connection with glue? (6,2) |
| SITTIGHT | Maintain the same position and wait it out |
| PLACENTA | Organ which nourishes and maintains the foetus (8) |
| GOLDENHELLO | Early bonus, then work to maintain the misery of days gone by? |
| KEEPORDER | Look up group of nuns to maintain the peace (4,5) |
| COSTOFLIVING | The amount required to maintain the benefice? (4,2,6) |
| BOUNDARY | IBC = International ___ Commission (Founded in 1908, it overlooks and maintains the line that separates Canada and the United States) |
| KEEPSMUM | Maintains the matriarch, but stays silent (5,3) |
