| PRIMORDIAL | Earliest prior ? a mild puzzle (10) |
| LIPOGRAM | "Girl a la mirror, rim prior?" That's such constrained writing! |
| ABBOT | Whose deputy is called a prior? (5) |
| ABBEY | Home or building for a friar-like prior, a lazy lubber monk, a monastic choir or even a Downton squire (5) |
| ORACLE | Shrine a prior, a clergyman and a verger will display ... (6) |
| PREVIOUS | Prior - a cleric in devotional environs |
| PRESAGE | Point to the prior. a person of great wisdom (7) |
| DIPLOMATIC | Tactful to negotiate a mild topic (10) |
| CAERPHILLY | A mild white cheese originating from South Wales (10) |
| CLEMENTINE | Fruit of a mild nature in Spain (10) |
| TOMHOLLAND | Actor who suffered a mild concussion on Friday after falling during a stunt sequence |
| SOFTSPOKEN | Having a mild or gentle voice |
| MALINGERED | Falsely avoided work with a mild green upset |
| INDIANMEAL | Spelling it out, order "9A" a mild curry (6,4) |
| WALLY | Dialect for a pickled cucumber or gherkin; a mild insult meaning "fool"; or, a bespectacled figure wearing a red-and-white stripy jumper, hidden in a series of picture puzzles (5) |
| AILMENT | A bit of a wail - men terrified with a mild illness (7) |
| COTTAGECHEESE | A curdled milk product with a mild flavour and a creamy texture (7,6) |
| SNOWIER | Like a severe blizzard, compared to a mild one |
| ADAGE | A proverb, or a mild oath, withdrawn (5) |
| TALMUDIC | A mild TUC review is as from a sacred text (8) |
