| STRYCHNINE | Essay penned by school square, a killer (10) |
| POOLTABLE | "What I did last summer" essay penned by a lifeguard? |
| CROSS | A monument in a market square; a mongrel dog; a mark symbolising a kiss in a letter; or, a gesture with one's fingers when wishing for good luck (5) |
| QUARREL | From the French word "carre", for "square", a square-headed bolt for an arbalest/crossbow; a square tile; a square- or diamond-shaped pane; or, in another sense, a squabble (7) |
| COMPLEXION | Colouring book containing words but no chapter by school (10) |
| ASSESSMENT | Fools supported by school, auditor's suggested review (10) |
| PLACE | A public/market square; a town, village or other locality; or, one's seat in a restaurant, theatre, train etc (5) |
| QUARRY | From Latin for "to square", a deep open-cast pit where stone is mined away; or, from "a hide", a hunted animal or prey (6) |
| SCHOENBERG | Composer - one shaped by school pupil of his |
| DISCHARROW | Record set by school is something ground-breaking |
| SWISSCHARD | Vegetable is planted by school in grassy area |
| SUSPENSION | Punishment issued by school for what they made in chemistry class |
| CUBE | A solid contained by six equal squares; a regular hexahedron (4) |
| SEVENTEEN | Witnessed around stable on square a year before the vote (9) |
| EEL | 9 Scoundrel in Albert Square, a slippery type |
| EVENINGSTAR | When all square, a string irritated Venus (7,4) |
| HEAP | Square a place where some gather (4) |
| MEAL | One square a day? |
| DOGFLAP | Vinyl square a spaniel pushes open to get outside: 2 wds. |
| XAVIER | Seen in Roman square, a once leading British female missionary |
