| PRODIGAL | Lavish in support of archaeological work most of all |
| INDIGO | During archaeological work, nothing's in the shade (6) |
| MORTAL | Gold in Montana most of all of limited existence (6) |
| BANANAFRITTERS | Sweet that's lavish in nuts (6,8) |
| RISOTTO | Dish remains lavish in Italian capital, half cut (7) |
| VIALS | Almost lavish, in a way, opening such bottles? (5) |
| GOINGTOTOWN | Doing something lavish in High Street? (5,2,4) |
| PUSHTHEBOATOUT | Be lavish in one's spending or celebrations (4,3,4,3) |
| SHINTO | Religion is somewhat lavish in Tokyo (6) |
| DIGEST | Summary of archaeological excavation is in French (6) |
| TESTPIT | Small type of archaeological excavation of around 1m2 (4,3) |
| SHERD | Item of archaeological interest curator finally housed in building |
| FIND | A discovery of something valuable or of archaeological interest (4) |
| REDIG | Do one's archaeological work again |
| DIG | Regularly doing archaeological work (3) |
| INDIGNANT | Bar covering archaeological work has soldier annoyed (9) |
| MARDIGRAS | Ruin archaeological work at artist's festival (5,4) |
| DIGIT | Figure it to follow the archaeological work |
| SALMONLEAP | Passage of fish most of all to be included in some plan at sea |
| APODAL | A case most of all descriptive of snakes and eels (6) |
