| VERST | Forest greenery covering second kilometre, or so, in the taiga |
| SUPPERTIME | Hour or so in the evening for a light or informal meal, of perhaps casserole, fish and chips, spag bol or stew served from a tureen with a ladle or scoop, originally of broth-soaked bread or of soup ( |
| TUNDRA | Biome north of the taiga |
| UNIT | Gram, kilometre or litre |
| TASKMASTER | Slave driver’s preview having to pack in a second kilometre! |
| SKI | Runner’s second kilometre, impressive at first |
| OVERTLY | Evidently old forest greenery lay empty (7) |
| FERN | Forest greenery |
| MOSS | Some non-grass forest greenery |
| PHARLAP | Racing phenomenon in the 30s, this horse beat all the competition in Australasia and then in the US |
| MARS | This planet was given the name of the Roman god of war. In Henry VI, Part 1 (act 1, scene 2), Charles, Dauphin of France says, "___ his moving, even as in the heavens / So in the earth, to this day is |
| SURRENDERTOMINE | "Come to the station; Jump from the train; March at the double down lover's lane; Then in the glen where the roses entwine; Lay down your arms," invited Anne Shelton. "And ...," (9,2,4) |
| LIEIN | That extra hour or so in bed? (3-2) |
| SEESAW | A thing to observe, now and then, in the playground (6) |
| ECOZONE | Prairies or Northern Arctic or Atlantic Maritime or Taiga Shield ...each is an example of a what in Canada? |
| BIOME | Any one of the world's ecological "life collections" or "life masses" of flora and fauna, from taiga or tundra to tropical rainforest or jungle (5) |
| OVERSPREADING | Covering second page in part of test needing interpretation |
| OBOE | Orchestral player's award covering second position in podium (4) |
| FLIPSONESWIG | Sell a head covering second hand at the clown emporium? |
| APSE | Primate covering second recess in church (4) |
