| BESMIRCH | Hazel's relative holds English manuscript back to damage someone's reputation (8) |
| SMEAR | A false accusation intended to damage someone's reputation (5) |
| ADEQUATE | A court holds English monarch to be up to the job (8) |
| SMOTHER | Manuscript back with different cover (7) |
| BEEORCHID | Flower bed holds English choir performance (3,6) |
| ONEPIECE | Old female relative holds record in bathing suit (3-5) |
| GOLDFISH | Ornamental carp relative (*hold figs) (8) |
| SLINGMUD | Attack someone's reputation |
| SLANDER | Words spoken that falsely damage someone's reputation (7) |
| NUTSHELL | Hazel's tough exterior - it's hard to crack! (8) |
| DEFAME | Damage (someone's) reputation |
| NUTTREES | A coppice, orchard, forest, garden, hedgerow or woodland's angiospermous arbors characterised by bearing crops of almonds, brazils, cashews, cobs, filberts, hazels, "noyers" or other edible kernels (3 |
| TREELINE | Square piece of film equipment in Spain is the limit of Hazel's achievement (4,4) |
| VITAL | What relative holds back is crucial (5) |
| ASITIS | If nothing changes, a relative holds onto it (2,2,2) |
| RECIPE | Cook's instruction, ready to hold English cricket's top spot (6) |
| GRAPPA | Relative holds up unfinished fruit drink (6) |
| CREATES | Makes boxes to hold English capital (7) |
| EMENDS | Corrects English manuscript, including last part (6) |
| EMS | Printing measures used in English manuscript |
