| WEBBED | Like the foot of a beaver, we had a shot at early education |
| LOBATE | Like the foot of a grebe or coot (6) |
| ITCHY | Like the feet of the restless |
| PINKERTON | Private Eye, like the FT, not about to backtrack |
| TRIED | Had a shot at shifting the dirt out of the way (5) |
| BOTTOM | Word used to describe the foot of a hill, the bed of the sea, floor of a valley or the far end of a garden (6) |
| STABLE | Firm had a shot at taking on the French (6) |
| GUESSED | Had a shot at the visitor, one hears! (7) |
| OUTFLOW | We had a large leak in the loft in our place on the outskirts of Westward Ho -- we've had three plumbers come to try to fix it (7) |
| EVEREST | On the night before we had a break. We are on top of the world (7) |
| PLUNGE | - pool; body of water for invigorating the body after a sauna that takes its name from a type of basin or depression at the foot of a waterfall (6) |
| SCREE | Accumulation of stone and rock at the foot of a cliff or hillside, often forming a sloping heap, and which can be recreated at the edge of rock gardens (5) |
| TAIL | Either of the two tapering "skirts" of a morning coat; descending stroke of a Q; or, the foot of a book (4) |
| ALBATROSS | Golf score a mariner had a shot at? |
| ATTEMPTED | Had a shot at cooking nothing less than potted meat (9) |
| DRANK | Had a shot at Richmond's last position? (5) |
| FUR | The thick coat of soft hair that covers the skin of a beaver etc (3) |
| SIGNATURE | Autograph or handwritten name; distinctive mark; a letter or numeral at the foot of a page in bookbinding; or, a dish characteristic of a chef (9) |
| TAILPIECE | Decorative design at the foot of a page or end of a chapter; any one of Thomas Bewick's woodblock engravings; or, an ebony or rosewood strip anchoring a violin's strings (9) |
| ESSAYED | Had a shot at cracking seed, say (7) |
