| CONFRONTATION | Encounter Tory female of note oddly overwhelmed by Budget |
| CONFECT | Make Tory female firstly examine court |
| DEMITASSE | Team's oddly overwhelmed by failure in cup |
| SCORSESE | Director seems oddly overwhelmed by result |
| ARTS | Types of programs often targeted by budget cuts |
| COSMONAUT | Spaceman as moon shot is limited by budget reduction (9) |
| CIAMPINO | Rome's second airport served mostly by budget airlines (8) |
| RANT | Read note, oddly, as expression of anger (4) |
| SCENTED | Editor in pursuit of secret note, oddly fragranced (7) |
| EBULLIENT | ?Lively animal" in edited note, oddly (9) |
| STRIDE | Piano playing harsh in tone with note oddly missing |
| LAMENTS | Dirges using feeble notes, oddly (7) |
| BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t |
| EIDER | Type of sea duck, the female of which is the source of a down used for quilts, etc (5) |
| GOOSE | The female of the waterfowl forming part of a gaggle with its male counterpart the gander; an old English board game bearing a picture of said bird; or, a tailor's iron |
| CLEGG | Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals. |
| LIONESS | Female of the king of the jungle (7) |
| HORSEFLY | Large insect, the female of which sucks the blood of mammals (8) |
| CLEVER | Bright female of 10 right at back of class (6) |
| CLEG | Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals. |
