| SPRINGBALANCE | It shows weighty measures taken in a season's accounts perhaps |
| ABACUS | By all accounts, perhaps a scuba trick (6) |
| BOOKOFNUMBERS | Accounts perhaps for what's in The Bible (4,2,7) |
| POUNDS | Hammers away at weighty measures of trigger pull (6) |
| LIFEBOAT | A craft designed for rescues at sea; or, a measure taken in an attempt to save a business or investor etc in figurative troubled waters (8) |
| EMS | Small measures taken in endless mess, perhaps (3) |
| CROP | A finial; a rider's short whip or one with a handle for hunting; a cultivated cereal, fruit, vegetable etc collectively; or, a season's yield (4) |
| EMERGENCYPOWERS | Measures taken in crisis at Austin? (9,6) |
| PRECAUTIONS | Measures taken in advance to minimise risks |
| YARDS | Measures taken in American gardens (5) |
| PRECAUTION | Measure taken in case it proves to be necessary (10) |
| TROY | A weighty measure for ancient city (4) |
| ACROPOLIS | America Online is sustaining a season's growth in a Greek stronghold (9) |
| INCHES | Measures taken in Winchester (6) |
| INCH | A measure taken in church |
| STEP | Measure taken in walking Russian plain, reportedly (4) |
| BLUE | Name of a colour used to describe a third full moon in a season; or, by extension, a rare event (4) |
| REINSTATEMENT | Coming back into office, check your bank account perhaps |
| PROTON | Nuclear member favouring weighty measure (6) |
| STONE | Weighty measure that may be of great value (5) |
