| NUTTIER | Like a professor in the cinema, but more so? Teachers bank on it (7) |
| HARBOURMASTER | In an hour bar breaks up, so teacher will be the one to handle port (7-6) |
| CREEPER | Ivy? Teacher's pet, little hesitation! (7) |
| DIGORYKIRKE | Character in C S Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia who is a professor in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| LYNDHURST | Nicholas _, popping up as a professor in the Frasier reboot (9) |
| ERUDITE | Like a professor, possibly merited no end of acclaim around university? (7) |
| CRUELER | With clue, err badly - like Torquemada, but more so (7) |
| PARAPET | Caused by a tapper? You can bank on it! (7) |
| TENURED | Like a professor with job security |
| CHERISH | Nurture interns? Teacher is horrified! (7) |
| USELESS | Counterproductive to save more, then? |
| STOCKSTILLWATER | Peaceful pool filler, but more so? |
| ICECOLDWAR | 20th-century conflict, but more so? |
| BONEDRYRUN | Rehearsal, but more so? |
| BOLTUPRIGHTBASS | Jazz instrument, but more so? |
| LODGMENT | A considerable number ring head of station for workers? You can bank on it, even if it looks a littl |
| CUTER | Like a button, but more so |
| TRATTORIA | Designation of Italian eatery, generally less formal than a ristorante but more so than an osteria (9) |
| OWEN | Clive, English actor who played hitman The Professor in the 2002 thriller film The Bourne Identity (4) |
| RAINYDAY | That shower going nowhere fast on Tuesday! Bank on it perhaps? (5,3) |
