| BLAST | It's the second character to endure the explosion (5) |
| BRAMBLE | Second character to hike finds blackberry plant |
| ARIEL | Shakespearean character's the second character in King Lear, perhaps (5) |
| GUARD | Reindeer are able to endure the cold because they have two coats of hair. One soft undercoat and a top coat that has long, stiff ___ hairs which are hollow. |
| DERRY | Next to London, it's the second city of N. Ireland (5) |
| INFER | Deduce that it's the second time nonstarter has upset umpire (5) |
| SPEAK | Say it's the second highest point (5) |
| BURST | The explosion had broken right into (5) |
| ITOUT | Endure the very thing during project (5,2,3) |
| STICK | Endure the very thing during project (5,2,3) |
| ANNUL | Cancel every second character in the Cannon guild (5) |
| LASTS | Endures the foreign ways (5) |
| STONE | Beryl's second character? (5) |
| FLING | Office activity with second character wanting romance (5) |
| ADIEU | Reporter, second character in bulletin, given word before departure (5) |
| BRACE | Two people, second character first (5) |
| INURE | Harden every second character Ian guarded (5) |
| BASKED | The second character requested to have soaked up the sun (6) |
| MOB | Second... the second character joins the crowd (3) |
| SIGMA | Bad mark, losing second character abroad |
