| PAPERTRAIL | Hansel and Gretel should have tried leaving this, rather than breadcrumbs, as a more reliable, if bureaucratic, track record (5,5) |
| CHARACTER | MLK hoped that people would be judged by the content of this rather than skin color |
| MEASURER | Am I a more reliable ruler? (8) |
| SOUGHT | The son should have tried to (6) |
| ADDAMSFAMILY | Theme #2 (Bu-bu-bu-bum *snap* *snap*, bu-bu-bu-bum *snap* *snap*, bu-bu-bu-bum, bu-bu-bu-bum, bu-bu- |
| HANSEL | The pebbles proved more reliable than the breadcrumbs for Gretel and this fairy-tale boy |
| CRESTA | This Vauxhall arrived in 1954 as a more luxurious version of the Velox (6) |
| IMITATION | In Oklahoma! Will decreed, "You'll have to be a little more standoffish; When fellers offer you a bu |
| ENSIGN | Standard model that began life as a more basic version of the Vanguard (6) |
| CHINA | Country facing potential 245% tariffs from the US, leading to promotion as a more stable trade partner. (5) |
| HEADSMASHED | This rather forthrightly named site, near Fort Macleod in Alberta, is a cliff over which hunters chased buffalo; it was used for 6,000 years. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981. It |
| APOSTLE | Leaving this country, Luke's after a job as a missionary (7) |
| HERD | Tried leaving out a pack |
| ELECTRIC | ________ automobiles, battery-powered motor vehicles that originated in the late 1880s, are seen as a more environmentally friendly alternative to cars run on fossil fuels (8) |
| AMTS | A bu. and a pk. |
| ARARAT | Several expeditions have tried to find Noah's ark on which mountain? (6) |
| SPORRAN | A Scotsman will find this rather wearing (7) |
| GHEE | The milk solids are removed from butter in a gentle heating process leaving this clarified fat used |
| DESERTION | Possibly one's tried leaving |
| EARDRUM | Tried leaving hospital with strange body part (7) |
