| SHADUF | In the Middle East, a counterpoise device for gathering water |
| MOKE | In the Middle East, a go-ahead for a pack animal (4) |
| DREDGE | Device for gathering shellfish |
| MEADOWLARK | Nocturnal bird in Middle East, a blackish songbird |
| MEASURER | One using ruler from Middle East, a certain king |
| SHADOOF | Pole with a bucket and counterpoise for irrigation (7) |
| RAKE | From the Old English for "heap up", a gardening tool for gathering autumn leaves or for smoothing soil; a person of thin stature, comparable to said implement; or, a debauchee or roue, such as Hogarth |
| ABBEY | In the East a baby is held in a religious building |
| FOYER | Based on the Latin focus, meaning "domestic hearth", a French word for a greenroom; a theatre's area for gathering during intervals; or, any anteroom, hall or vestibule (5) |
| RESPITE | In the East, a priest is granted a reprieve (7) |
| RELAPSE | Returns paler from the South-East - a turn for the worse? (7) |
| STATUS | In the East, a tussle for social ranking (6) |
| RENAISSANCE | In the East a scanner is used to show how a new birth is possible |
| NOGOAREA | Indian state in the country, way out east, a restricted territory |
| ETERNAL | In the East a rental is seen as being an everlasting one (7) |
| TAMIL | In the East, a militant language (5) |
| LOTHIAN | East ---, a council area of East Central Scotland on the Firth of Forth (7) |
| EASING | In the East a strange sign giving relief |
| SEPOY | In the east, a posy is given to an Indian soldier (5) |
| NOTYET | Junction in Wyoming mountain range seen from the east a little later (3,3) |
