| MENTI | In or by mind, or of the chin |
| THREONINE | Amino acid that poultry is rich in (or, by the sound of it, 309) |
| PRECE | In or by prayer |
| STATE | Lead-in to "of mind" or "of war" |
| MISERY | A wretched state of mind or of outward circumstances |
| BRIDLE | A horse's headgear, such as a hackamore; a gesture of indignation or vanity characterised by a toss of the head and drawing in of the chin, as if being reined back; or, any curb (6) |
| DRIVING | The act of steering or directing a car, four-in-hand, golf guttie or tally-ho; or, of the rain, vigorously sweeping by means of the blowing wind (7) |
| MAGIC | The supposed art of influencing the course of events by the occult control of nature or of the spirits |
| ACNE | One spot round the end of the chin could be (4) |
| UPPERCUTS | Punches thrown to strike the underneath of the chin |
| PUNCH | A blow, as a joke, to the top of the chin (5) |
| STOPBIT | In asynchronous data transfers one of a pattern of data which indicate the end of a character or of the whole transmission. (4,3) |
| GREEN | One of the colours of the Olympic rings or of the emblem of Pyeongchang (5) |
| ULTIMO | Term meaning 'in or of the month before the present one'; also the name of a luxury bespoke kitchen supplier in Wilmslow (6) |
| DITTO | Word which can be represented by a symbol, and can mean 'in or of the month already named', or 'in the same way, similarly' (5) |
| MENSE | By month (by mind, caveas) |
| VICTORIA | Queen portrayed by actresses including Emily Blunt and Judi Dench; or, the capital of Hong Kong or of the Seychelles (8) |
| CUBES | Traditional shapes of dice or of the colourful three-dimensional puzzles invented by Erno Rubik; or, blocks of perfumed bath salts (5) |
| BOOM | A period of prosperity; or, the loud resonant sound of an explosion, thunder or of the bittern (4) |
| CORAL | Marine invertebrate forming a reef; an orange-pink colour of the skeleton of said animal's precious red species or of the jewellery made from this; or, lobster/scallop roe, when cooked (5) |
