| NEWBLOOD | Group of fresh recruits |
| STRICTURE | Town brought in fresh recruits with medical contract? (9) |
| NEWBIE | Fresh recruit |
| HIREE | Company's fresh recruit |
| BLOW | A gust of wind; a breath of fresh air; a toot of a horn, trumpet, whistle etc; a display/mass of blossom; a calamity or setback; or, a jazz jam session (4) |
| LAKETANGANYIKA | Body of fresh water in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the longest and second-largest of its kind on earth (4,10) |
| RELAY | A set of fresh horses or hounds to relieve others on a stage or a chase, hence a relief gang; or, a lap or leg of a race between teams of runners (5) |
| ALI | Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" |
| LIMNOLOGY | Study of bodies of fresh water |
| NESSIE | Resident of Great Britain's largest body of fresh water |
| LOCH | --- Awe, body of fresh water in Scotland, part of the Three Lakes Challenge (4) |
| AQUIFER | In geology, a type of underground store of fresh, usable groundwater (7) |
| GARNI | Bouquet -; bundle of fresh herbs as the basis of Provencal cooking (5) |
| BUDDYHOLLY | Everyday performer, having a lot of fresh sprouts (sign of Christmas)? (5,5) |
| LAKESUPERIOR | Duluth and Thunder Bay lie on the shore of this large body of fresh water |
| HAND | A whole rhizome of fresh ginger; or, a bunch of bananas (4) |
| SALAD | Fruit ____ , a mixture of pieces of fresh or preserved fruit (5) |
| WELCOMEADDITION | Breath of fresh air ... or, literally, what the last word of eight long Across answers can be |
| LIBYA | The Great Man-Made River, the world's largest irrigation project, is a network of pipes supplying 70% of fresh water to which country? |
| FARM | Producer of fresh asparagus tips with case of rheumatism |
