| MASSAGEPARLOUR | Fancy a paramour's legs - there's the rub |
| MASSAGEPARLOURS | Where paramours' legs are kneaded, when gripped? |
| THREEMENIN | Rub-a-dub-dub....for whom the bath bubbles? There's the rub! (5,3,2,1,3) |
| ATUB | Rub-a-dub-dub....for whom the bath bubbles? There's the rub! (5,3,2,1,3) |
| EMBROCATION | From the medicine cabinet? Ay: there's the rub! (11) |
| TOWELLING | No longer in the swim - ay, there's the rub |
| MASSAGE | Mum's a wise one. Ay, there's the rub! (7) |
| BLOOD | For Dracula, a refreshing scrub in his tub? There's the rub! (5,4) |
| BATH | For Dracula, a refreshing scrub in his tub? There's the rub! (5,4) |
| FRICTION | In novels Richard the First appears, and there's the rub (8) |
| BEESWAX | Insect polish? Ay, there's the rub! |
| BUFF | Expert - there's the rub! (4) |
| SUNSCREEN | Getting much exposure? There's the rub (9) |
| PARLOR | Ay, there's the rub! |
| ROSIN | There's the rub, where bowman is concerned (5) |
| WIPE | Group of women needing exercise - there's the rub |
| SCOUR | Steve Clarke often used rugby leaders - there's the rub! (5) |
| LINIMENT | Fast car reversed inside - there's the rub |
| AYE | Hamlet's "___, there's the rub" |
| ERASER | Arnie movie: now there's the rub. (6) |