| DICTATORIAL | Given to telling others what to do (11) |
| BOSSY | Prone to telling others what to do |
| JOCULAR | Given to telling gags (and having fun) (7) |
| USHERS | Officials, people telling others to 'old their tongue? (6) |
| LINGO | Parlance used by some telling others |
| THIRD | Behind two others, what sort of man was Philby? (5) |
| INHERE | Stick to telling people which room one is in? (6) |
| LYING | Prone to telling fibs |
| LIES | Is prone to telling fibs? (4) |
| SCOLDING | Chill got sitting in grass leads to telling off |
| MYCOLOGY | Goodness gracious - firm is on record at end of study telling others more about Fungi? (8) |
| TERRA | In the writings of Ursula Le Guin and others, what Latin word is often used as a name for Earth? (5) |
| CONFUCIUS | Latinised name of the Chinese philosopher "Master Kong" who wrote "Do not do unto others what you do not want done to yourself" in Analects (9) |
| CAGEY | Not willing to tell others what one is doing |
| GETCRACKING | Hop to it ... or what to do to the various eggs in this puzzle's circled squares? |
| TURNAPHRASE | Wax eloquent ... and what to do to solve eight puzzle clues |
| HAVEAHANDIN | What to do with glove to be involved (4,1,4,2) |
| ACCOUNTANTS | They figure they know what to do with the books (11) |
| STICKWITHIT | What to do with glue to be persistent (5,4,2) |
| WITHATROWEL | What to do with mortar, so flatter to a great extent? (3,2,2,4,1,6) |
