| GROUNDWORK | Land and labour required for foundation (10) |
| ACCENTUATE | Land and labour required for a foundation (10) |
| MANWEEKS | Units of measuring the amount and duration of labour required for large projects (3-5) |
| FACEPOWDER | Look towards rule to control depth for foundation (4,6) |
| FEUDAL | Descriptive of a medieval system of land and labour (6) |
| CLEFTSTICK | Is voter in this when Conservative and Labour fail to advance? (5,5) |
| ATLANTICCHARTER | Hire of a boat for crossing the ocean, perhaps, for foundation of international association (8,7) |
| WARRANTY | Permit is only for foundation and might last a year if you've done a deal (8) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac ___, American professor of biochemistry and author best known for Foundation Series of science fiction |
| BOTTOM | Mother-to-be dismisses here for foundation (6) |
| BASIS | Degree to which sister will go for foundation (5) |
| LIVING | No good replacement for foundation of furious clergyman's benefice |
| MIDDLEGROUND | Waste reports for foundation in compromising position perhaps (6,6) |
| HARDCORE | Group refusing to give something for foundation |
| BASE | Banana skins used at centre to make primer for foundation? |
| ENDOWMENT | Something for foundation women tend to get free |
| NEED | Requirement for foundation's chairman countrywide - face board (4) |
| EMCEE | Gets to announce half of them at church fete for foundation (5) |
| RIPRAP | Loose stone used for foundations |
| ARTS | To a degree, it's for foundations, mascara, eyeliner, ointment bases? (4) |