| GRASPTHENETTLE | Do the weeding and tackle problem bravely (5,3,6) |
| GARDENPARTIES | Separating red out and you do the weeding for free at these? (6,7) |
| PARTIES | Separating red out and you do the weeding for free at these? - see 14ac (6,7) |
| GARDEN | Separating red out and you do the weeding for free at these? - see 16ac (6,7) |
| IVANHOE | So I can do the weeding? That's novel (7) |
| KNOWHOW | Expertise shown by Spooner's "Do the weeding immediately!" (4-3) |
| HOHO | Santa's exhortation to do the weeding (2,2) |
| HOEDOWN | Did the weeding, now prepared for barn dance |
| HOE | Tool with a thin flat blade set across the end of a long handle used for weeding and loosening soil |
| DUTCHHOE | Originating in the Netherlands, what longhandled tool is used for weeding and cultivating? (5,3) |
| TAKETHEBULLBYTHEHORNS | Tackle problem resolutely - emulate matador's hands-on approach? |
| SCILLA | Brief inspection to tackle problem in plant (6) |
| DEIGN | Condescend to knock off the last of the weeding, maybe (5) |
| TROWELS | Hand tool used for weeding and transporting or potting plants (7) |
| DUTCH | - - - hoe, long-handled tool used for weeding and cuttivating (5) |
| DELAYERING | Postponing without hesitation the weeding out of management levels |
| HOER | Member of the weeding party |
| INTELLIGENTLY | How one should tackle problems at home, say I, with mildness (13) |
| COMETOGRIPS | Shake hands and tackle the situation |
| RIGGING | System of ropes and tackle used to support masts and sails on a ship (7) |
