| BASIS | Foundation of book - no change (5) |
| ALBERTI | Keen to get hold of book no 1 architect |
| GOING | "No more colouring books, no Christmas bells to chime", Dusty Springfield (5-4) |
| ISTOO | Greta Thunberg book "No One ___ Small to Make a Difference" |
| CHAIN | Foundation of most crochet (5) |
| ALDER | Wood that makes up the foundation of much of Venice |
| SNAPS | Foundation of strong bridge, propped up, breaks (5) |
| INDIA | World's second-most populous country, where modern polo originated in 1859 with the foundation of the sport's first club in Silchar (5) |
| SOCLE | Low plain plinth used as a support for a statue, column etc. or as the foundation of a wall (5) |
| YOUTH | "The foundation of every state is the education of its ___": Diogenes |
| STATE | Free at last, we built the foundation of a caring society (7,5) |
| CORAL | Foundation of many islets |
| BASEX | Foundation of the decimal system |
| BASES | Foundations of wicked society (5) |
| ASWIM | Afloat, plan to keep foundations of business somehow (5) |
| ROOTS | Foundations (of a tree) (5) |
| CRUST | Before the sauce and cheese: It's the foundation of a pizza |
| BLUES | Foundation of rocks/pop, voice, guitar, drums, bass, same chords over and over |
| IBSEN | Norwegian dramatist whose work laid the foundations of modern drama |
| NEGLECTFUL | How to put in for a book no longer published? (3,2,5) |
