| SAYYES | Don't say no to how yesterday began to affect the end of the essay (3,3) |
| TAKEITEASY | Put your feet up and don't say no to a piece of cake (4,2,4) |
| YESMEN | Type of business invested in currency - they don't say no |
| SNEEZE | It may signal a cold snap beginning to affect the audience's leg joints (6) |
| BALLOT | Initially bully everyone to affect the voting (6) |
| TRENDY | With it, the essay is without purpose |
| CAVETT | Talk show host who wrote the essay collection "Talk Show" |
| STATIC | The type of disturbance which may affect the reception on your radio? (6) |
| WOOLF | Nee Adeline Virginia Stephen, author of the essay A Room of One's Own as well as novels including To the Lighthouse and The Waves (5) |
| UNTUNE | Negatively affect the pitch of |
| PASSBY | Don't stop, as putting words differently will affect the heart (4,2) |
| STRIKE | Will such action affect the lion-tamer's act? (7,6) |
| ELNINO | It may affect the weather broadcast online (2,4) |
| SUMMAS | Summary documents affect the top girls (acc) |
| OSTEND | Doesn't affect the place (6) |
| EMBLEM | In a gem blemishes affect the standard |
| MARKETFORCES | They're bound to affect the price in trade with the army and navy (6,6) |
| SPROCKET | Vital component in moving the drive chain, can be changed in size to affect the gearing (8) |
| GIDE | Andre __, French author of one of the essays in The God that Failed (4) |
| TRACT | Translator's account at the beginning of the essay |
