| UMBER | Hugh, we hear, may rub me up the wrong way (5) |
| SADHU | Hindu holy man depressed Hugh, we hear (5) |
| AUBURN | You run about with a graduate - Hugh, we hear? (6) |
| HUMP | Hunch that Hugh, we hear, comes before member (4) |
| NEEDS | Massages, so we hear, may be required items |
| DEMON | Quixote? Holds me up, the devil! (5) |
| TOTEM | Little one sending me up the pole, for example (5) |
| BURRO | Or rub them up the wrong way - except the donkey! (5) |
| ERASE | Before being about as one may rub it away (5) |
| POILU | A private lubrication to rub in up the wrong way (5) |
| CHAFE | A chef can be put out if you rub him up the wrong way (5) |
| ANGER | Rub up the wrong way (5) |
| RASPS | It runs the show with hollow promises and rubs up the wrong way |
| DENIM | Material dug up the wrong way (5) |
| TUBER | How to rub an alien up the wrong way - call him a lump! |
| RUBUP | "If you ___ ___ against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you": Damon Runyon (3,2) |
| MASSEUR | He may rub you up the wrong way (7) |
| FUNNYMONEY | Some, we hear, may be outlandish (5,5) |
| NUMBERONE | None rub me the wrong way as the top dog (6,3) |
| GOPHER | Messenger, we hear, may pop up in an American's garden (6) |
