| DUG | Feature of milking parlour, with or without a number (3) |
| SALOON | Beauty parlour with built-in love lounge |
| LOT | Piece of land, with or without a "P" at the start |
| ENE | Spanish letter with or without a tilde |
| ACE | Card without a number or a face on it |
| DAIS | Platform for a lectern or a throne with or without a canopy, originally one in a medieval hall where the lord of the manor dined with his family (4) |
| BLOSSOM | Thrive with or without a couple of sons |
| COOP | Type of housing, with or without a hyphen |
| CRANKBAIT | Type of hard-bodied plug, with or without a lip (*takin' crab) (9) |
| SEINE | Vertically-hanging net, with or without a bottom 'drawstring', used by fishermen to encircle schools of fish |
| ELECT | It means "choose" with or without a starting S |
| FIRING | Discharging with or without a gun (6) |
| YEARN | Long, with or without a Republican (5) |
| PADDLER | He enters the water, with or without a boat (7) |
| CABRIOLET | Passenger car that can be driven with or without a roof (9) |
| SCROLL | List with or without a heading |
| ABOUT | Around, with or without a break? (5) |
| FIRE | Discharge with or without a gun (4) |
| STEEPLE | Church tower with or without a spire (7) |
| GOLD | Matthew McConaughey film title, with or without a fool's prefix (4) |
