| HARDDISK | Kids about difficult part of computer (4,4) |
| QUAGMIRE | Question I put to meeting about difficult situation |
| KNOCKS | Idiomatic phrase about difficult life lessons: The School of Hard _ (6) |
| INTEMPERATE | Angry about difficult men, pet? That's excessive (11) |
| THEFIRST | Proverb reflecting that starting is the most difficult part of any task (3,5,4,2,6,3,7) |
| HARDWARE | Part of computer difficult to wear out (8) |
| IMPERILS | Mischievous kids about to change lire one puts at risk (8) |
| SMIDGEON | Kid about a biter bit (8) |
| MAJESTIC | Parent and kid about to pocket one grand |
| THEIDIOT | Kid about Swiss heroine book by Dostoevsky (3,5) |
| EVERYBIT | All parts of computer memory that can be on or off to the same degree (5,3) |
| PETERPAN | Pantomime horse's rear in difficult part, writer has admitted (5,3) |
| THROUGH | Having got to the end of most of the difficult part of course (7) |
| GETTINGOVER | Recovering from the most difficult part of a steeplechase(7,4) |
| HARDLINER | Difficult part of speech, right, for politician |
| JAWBREAKER | Judge has wrongdoer beheaded: difficult part of sentence to pronounce |
| THROUGHOUT | You'll have time to cover difficult part of course completely |
| 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) |
