| PUTT | Get it down with a stroke and the rub of the green.(4) |
| THEBESTOFLUCK | Hope it goes well for you with the rub of the green (3,4,2,4) |
| BURDEN | A heavy load and the rub is it comes before end (6) |
| AMIS | Martin -; author of The Rachel Papers whose book The Rub of Time includes a tribute to his friend Christopher Hitchens (4) |
| NAP | Give as one's best tip what supplies rub of the cloth? (3) |
| SIGN | Abandon with a stroke of the pen, for example: I'm like a rodent inside (4,4) |
| ACED | Completed with a stroke |
| EDH | What is the name of the letter used in Old English and Icelandic and represented as a D with a stroke through it? (3) |
| ATUB | Rub-a-dub-dub....for whom the bath bubbles? There's the rub! (5,3,2,1,3) |
| BATH | For Dracula, a refreshing scrub in his tub? There's the rub! (5,4) |
| WIPE | Group of women needing exercise - there's the rub |
| CHARLOTTERAE | Actress who played Edna Garrett on "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life" |
| RAE | She played Mrs. Garrett on both "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life" |
| BUFF | Expert - there's the rub! (4) |
| OMAR | "The Rub¡iy¡t of ___ Khayyam" |
| ACCIACCATURA | In music, a short grace note, written with a stroke through the tail (12) |
| DEFEAT | Fed up? Get it down and then beat it |
| OARSMAN | One in eight went down the river with a stroke (7) |
| INERT | With a stroke of the pen, all thumbs become motionless (5) |
| STEAL | Hole putt with a delicate stroke and take it away (5) |
