| JAWBREAKER | Judge has wrongdoer beheaded: difficult part of sentence to pronounce |
| EXTRAPOSE | Move word or phrase to end of sentence to emphasise it (9) |
| THROUGH | Having got to the end of most of the difficult part of course (7) |
| THROUGHOUT | You'll have time to cover difficult part of course completely |
| GETTINGOVER | Recovering from the most difficult part of a steeplechase(7,4) |
| HARDLINER | Difficult part of speech, right, for politician |
| ROCKERY | King Edward planted in difficult part of garden (7) |
| SKY | Often-difficult part of a jigsaw puzzle |
| PROBLEMPAGE | Difficult part of a magazine (7,4) |
| HARDDISK | Kids about difficult part of computer (4,4) |
| HARDEST | Proverb reflecting that starting is the most difficult part of any task (3,5,4,2,6,3,7) |
| THEFIRST | Proverb reflecting that starting is the most difficult part of any task (3,5,4,2,6,3,7) |
| STEPISALWAYSTHE | Proverb reflecting that starting is the most difficult part of any task (3,5,4,2,6,3,7) |
| PETERPAN | Pantomime horse's rear in difficult part, writer has admitted (5,3) |
| ANAGRAM | What is a transposition of the letters of a word or sentence to form a new word or sentence (7) |
| SEVERE | Difficult part, the lead in Electra |
| ARTISTE | Performer in a difficult part is tense (7) |
| SUPERGRASS | Groundsman swears by it and the judge has to listen to him (10) |
| REFRIGERATOR | Judge has to fix period to run in the cooler |
| RECORDER | Part-time judge has request again about start of case (8) |
