| BEAUTYSPOT | Fine meadow or riverside, perhaps, for Mole! (6,4) |
| KENNETH | He got ratty with the mole! (7,7) |
| GRAHAME | He got ratty with the mole! (7,7) |
| NAEVUS | No Scots against us? Here's red mole! (6) |
| PLUMOSE | Feathery, like 'Smoke Bush' flowers - riles up moles! (7) |
| COSMETOLOGIST | Beautician's fee to conceal moles! I got shocked (13) |
| BREAKWATER | Grasping tail in dark, beware rat that's mistaken for mole (10) |
| PRIMROSE | Name, from Old French and Latin for "first flower", in allusion to its appearance in early spring, for a meadow or woodland bloom related to cowslip, cyclamen and pimpernel; or, its pale-yellow hue (8 |
| TAUPE | Colour named for the French for "mole" |
| AMILEAMINUTE | Bisected by motorway, fine meadow reduced in size rapidly (1,4,1,6) |
| FLEA | High jumper in fine meadow |
| FLEABAG | Scruffy type seen in fine meadow land |
| FLEAS | Fine meadows for vermin (5) |
| LEA | Old English word for a meadow; or, a variable unit of length for yarn (3) |
| COWSLIP | From distorted Old English for "ox dung", the cheery yellow paigle or "key of heaven" wild flower of meadow or pasture, Primula veris (7) |
| ALP | From "white", a high snow-capped mountain; a massif or peak generally; or, a mountainous Swiss meadow or area of seasonal green pasture (3) |
| LEAS | Poetic word for arable lands, meadows or pasture; or, measures of 80 yards of wool, 120 yards of cotton/silk or 300 yards of linen (4) |
| PIER | We're told to look for mole |
| INFORMANT | Main front possibly for mole? (9) |
| OAXACA | Mexican state known for mole |