| PREVARICATE | Hedge needs special care, a privet |
| ACER | This type of maple tree with brightly coloured leaves needs special care (4) |
| MOMENTUM | Second jump without hedges needs impetus (8) |
| PRIVATE | A privet (variegated) makes a garden so (7) |
| HARVESTSPIDER | Arachnid shreds a privet badly (7,6) |
| FORCEFUL | High-powered because a cold start needs special fuel (8) |
| SWING | Bing Crosby sang, "But if you don't care a feather or a fig, You may grow up to be a pig," in the Oscar-winning song ... On A Star |
| CHARGE | An accumulation of electricity; a person or thing in one's care; a heraldic emblem or device on a shield; or, a financial liability (6) |
| CASHMACHINE | Unusual chasm, a ravine that needs special card to gain access (4,7) |
| INDICANT | Musical genre almost needs special language, one points out |
| SPREADEAGLE | US emblem needs special scan to go on ten dollars |
| CANTRIP | Magic spell needs special language to remove roughly |
| SEVERENESS | Son always seen misbehaving needs special rigour (10) |
| DESCENT | Needs special scan after fall (7) |
| FLARE | This sudden burst needs special aptitude, reportedly |
| SPENDALL | No miser needs special finish on everything (8) |
| RETICULATION | Helping getting around difficult clue; it needs special pattern (12) |
| AVENGER | Refuse collector needs special cape to be superhero |
| ONA | Bing Crosby warned, "But if you don't care a feather or a fig; You may grow up to be a pig," in the |
| HORSE | Run in footwear? I need special shoes |
