| PETERPIPER | Guy featured in "Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation" |
| THEORY | ... a guy featured in a Conservative proposition (6) |
| KNITTER | Craftsperson who creates cardigans, jumpers, blankets and other woollies with combinations of plain and purl stitches (7) |
| STOCKINGSTITCH | Knitting style with alternating rows of plain and purl (8,6) |
| SANDGROUSE | Ground-living bird of plains and semi-desert areas |
| CADDO | A group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas. |
| PRUDENCE | Word meaning care and wisdom in practical matters; it features in the motto ofAccrington Stanley FC: 'Industry and ___ ___ conquer' (8) |
| DRIFT | Mass of timber rejected in practical lesson |
| BRASSTACKS | Support leader of society lots in practical details (5,5) |
| MARGARITA | Cocktail Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock drink in "Practical Magic" |
| ADAGES | "Comparison is the thief of joy" and "Perfect is the enemy of good," for two |
| EARLS | Nick ___, author of the novels Bachelor Kisses and Perfect Skin (5) |
| OVERTURE | Piece of music clear and perfect without piano |
| MARINARA | Sauce delightful for dipping, suitable for spaghetti and perfect for other types of pasta |
| NOAH | "A just man and perfect in his generations," according to Genesis |
| OPTIMISE | Work is in time and perfect (8) |
| EYEPIECE | What pupil must be set to in practical astronomy? |
| PRUDENT | Cautious or wise in practical things |
| GUESS | Fancy points seen in practical cat |
| BOOBYTRAP | Seabird played part in practical joke (5,4) |
