| STANDINGORDER | Instruction to a bank to pay a stated sum at regular intervals (8,5) |
| PACE | Banks to pay a price in March (4) |
| CHEQUE | A written order directing a bank to pay money (6) |
| DOUBLEORQUITS | Gamble, betting the sum at stake in an attempt to win back that previously lost (6,2,5) |
| MAKEAMESSOFIT | Bungle general instruction to a sapper to order convulsive attack (4,1,4,2,2) |
| BUNTSERIOUSLY | *Batting coach's instruction to a lackadaisical hitter? |
| ANDREWMARVELL | 17th century English poet and satirist who wrote Last Instructions to a Painter (6,7) |
| EXCHEQUER | Without order for bank to pay, capital to remain in treasury (9) |
| RESERVE | A stock of funds kept by a bank to meet possible demand (7) |
| DONOR | Meaning "to give", a benefactor of money to a charity or of blood to a bank for transfusion, for example (5) |
| ADJACENT | Bill judge a small sum at close quarters (8) |
| CALENDER | Press a bank to support current account openers (8) |
| SHAMPOO | Derived from a Hindi instruction to a masseur to "press", a liquid cleanser for the hair (7) |
| TENDERS | Offers to do work for a stated amount (7) |
| RESOLUTION | A stated intention (often made at New Year) (10) |
| TENDER | Formally offer to do work or supply goods for a stated amount of money |
| TELLER | One who relates a story to a bank worker |
| COMMAND | Military division for which an officer is responsible; an invitation from the Queen; or, a directive or instruction to a computer program to perform a specific task (7) |
| STIPENDIARY | Performing services for a stated price or compensation (11) |
| ASKINGPRICE | Sum at negotiation start |
