| STO | I stand (up), I stand my ground, I persist |
| TIMOTHYGRASS | Artists hog my ground for fodder constituent (7,5) |
| FORMALDEHYDE | Poisonous substance eroded half my ground |
| IOTA | I stand up to a Greek character (4) |
| CATEGORIZE | To classify feline, I stand up (10) |
| CAPTAINOFINDUSTRY | Oddly, in factory I stand up for big boss |
| RESISTO | Repugno; I stand up to..... |
| SATIRISE | Today I stand up to ridicule (8) |
| CATEGORISE | To classify feline, I stand up (10) |
| BIRNAM | In 5.5, a messenger enters to tell Macbeth what he has witnessed. "As I did stand my watch upon the hill, I looked toward ___ and anon, methought, The wood began to move." |
| PILAU | Having lost the manual, I persist in holding up the dish (5) |
| NAMEDROP | Pardon me somehow when I persist in mentioning celebrities I know (8) |
| STETSON | It is a hat, so let it stand, my boy (7) |
| FIRSTPERSON | I persist, for determination in the end works (5,6) |
| SLIPPERSATIN | I persist with plan to rip fabric |
| UNDID | What's loosened from ground I dug (5) |
| RECEIVE | Violence finally enters sports ground I have to fence (7) |
| PISTACHIO | Flavouring in chips at ground I love (9) |
| ANGLESEY | Some Welsh ground, I agree, turns with spin |
| SERENGETI | Ground, i.e. Regent's Park, given national status |
