| MISSIONHILL | In an effort to contain their methane-laden burps, cows are being cordoned off to a patch of elevated land that farmers are dubbing ... |
| ORECK | Maker of Elevate vacuums |
| REEF | More effort to contain ridge of coral |
| REPAIR | Resort to a patch |
| ENNUI | Even nuisances have to contain their boredom (5) |
| TAPESTRIES | Textiles requiring efforts to contain a bug (10) |
| STRESS | Mistresses contain their tension (6) |
| POP | A sharp bang or crack sound, like that made when unstoppering a bottle of champagne, ginger beer, lemonade etc; any one of said fizzy beverages; an act of pawning; a papa; a pistol; or, a patch of col |
| PLOT | Word for a patch of ground; a secret scheme; a plan of a literary work; or, a storyline said to thicken when becoming curiouser and curiouser (4) |
| GOALBALL | Team sport devised for visually impaired athletes in 1946, originally in an effort to help the rehabilitation of injured WWII veterans (8) |
| JAR | Clear container that invites all to become (jelly)bean counters in an effort to win a prize |
| SEANCE | One can see it being disturbed in an effort to talk to spirits (6) |
| OATES | Which member of Scott's Antarctic team abandoned it in an effort to save the expedition? (5) |
| DARN | Word, from "conceal, hide", for a patch of cloth mended by means of interweaving stitches with a long needle to which a dragonfly is likened (4) |
| COURT | A patch of silk and isinglass used to cover a beauty spot in the 18th century (5,7) |
| PLASTER | A patch of silk and isinglass used to cover a beauty spot in the 18th century (5,7) |
| OILSLICK | A patch of a black fossil fuel forming a film on the surface of water (3,5) |
| TURNOVERANEWLEA | Till your land in an effort to farm with a fresh outlook? |
| TRIER | One who puts in an effort to run in rank |
| REEDUCATE | Train (someone) in an effort to alter their ways (2-7) |
