| ARCTANGENT | Function whose output is 45-deg when applied to '1' |
| LIMITER | Electronic device whose output is restricted to a range of values (7) |
| WORD | Microsoft office program whose output is usually 9a |
| POTASH | What compound, when applied to growing plants, is said to improve vegetable flavour? (6) |
| SINE | Function yielding 0 when applied to pi |
| BONIEST | Most difficult to eat, when applied to fish? |
| ARCSINE | Function whose domain is between -1 and 1 |
| MOLE | Secret agent ... and a word whose letters, when applied to this puzzle's secret agents, hint at a four-digit code |
| SLAP | Mild punishment, when applied to the wrist |
| FEMORAL | Iron good when applied to the bone (7) |
| LEGATO | Smooth when applied to a leg (6) |
| EVIL | "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to ___": Thomas Mann |
| POMADE | Preparation a help, some say, when applied to receding hair? |
| OTTOMAN | Description of empire's excessive when applied to sultanate |
| ONTHEBOIL | Becoming agitated when applied to the carbuncle (2,3,4) |
| NICENE | Creed that's pleasant when applied to Aberdeenshire (6) |
| CHASSIS | Framework of church when applied to sister (7) |
| EMOLLIENT | Preparation with a softening or soothing effect, especially when applied to the skin (9) |
| FAULTFINDING | Activity that will be unsuccessful when applied to this puzzle's theme? |
| ASPIC | Mouldy stuff, when applied to reduced image (5) |
