| EMERYPAPER | Like an ale lacking head? - Composition containing hint of malt to make it smoother |
| FILE | A row of squares should make it smoother for one (4) |
| PSALM | ?Composition of bishop's almighty devotional song (5) |
| SMARTALEC | Know-all crams composition containing legend (5,4) |
| STEAMIRON | Vapour on metal makes it smoother (5,4) |
| TASTELESS | Dicky tests ales lacking in flavour |
| GLASSPAPER | Engineer grapples with a process finally making it smoother |
| TEAMSPIRIT | Drink first drop of malt whisky, say, for morale (4,6) |
| DARESSALAAM | Somewhere in Africa, challenges Everyman to leave meat containing hint of aniseed (3,2,6) |
| TWANG | Flavour containing hint of walnut, in a manner of speaking |
| EBAUCHE | Rough sketch of withered beech containing hint of gold (7) |
| INJUNCT | Issue legal order in a French court containing hint of justice (7) |
| ALDEHYDE | Chemical drink, containing hint of devilry, transformed doctor (8) |
| UNCERTAIN | Dubious in nature, containing hint of confusion? |
| STIGMA | Greek letter containing hint of tooth mark (6) |
| AMETHYST | Purple: the mast after rigging containing hint of yellow (8) |
| AESCHYLUS | Such easy puzzles, containing hint of Latin and ancient Greek |
| CORRAL | Rancher's pen is pink, containing hint of red |
| REALISE | Understand about a lie containing hint of sincerity (7) |
| PEATY | Like an Islay single malt, to Scotch enthusiasts |
