| EASTCOKER | Eliot's village - his first - the third kept by a fireman (4,5) |
| GRIMALKIN | Old cat kept by a rather stern Maud! |
| ATTENDANT | Retainer or nurse kept by a French aunt without English (9) |
| FIRMAMENT | Strong words of a prayer to thank first the sky (9) |
| EXPOUNDED | After the first, the other hit often described |
| THESCREAM | Titian's first, the man's best painting (3,6) |
| BITTEREND | Finish beer first, the very last bit |
| DEPUTY | Person appointed to act on behalf of a superior in said senior's absence; or, a fireman/examiner in a colliery (6) |
| CAT | A fireman might rescue one from a tree |
| LADDER | A fireman may use it, but it ruins the hose! (6) |
| HERO | Rocky, Rambo, or a fireman, e.g. |
| FIRE | Jesse Spencer plays a fireman in this (Chicago ----) |
| TEMPO | Whether somber and slow or buoyantly upbeat, it's the pace of the music, as kept by a metronome |
| ESCROW | Agreement between two parties in which money or property is kept by a third party until a particular condition is met (6) |
| ALOEVERA | Drug kept by a boyfriend, say, with a cosmetic preparation (4,4) |
| RESERVE | A stock of funds kept by a bank to meet possible demand (7) |
| DIARY | As kept by a chambermaid and a wimpy kid (5) |
| ATALOSS | A line kept by a cast making one bemused? (2,1,4) |
| ANTLER | Trophy kept by a hunter after killing tiny animal with the French Resistance (6) |
| MASCOT | Dalmatian, to a fireman |
