| OUTSPREAD | Like the table-cloth on which there is a lavish picnic? (9) |
| AUTOBAHN | German motorway on which there is no speed limit (8) |
| TOTEMPOLE | Love entering closed place of worship on which there's a tribal emblem |
| NARROWEST | Most intolerant home in which there is a right bust-up |
| SPECTACLE | An elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale (9) |
| LAYREADER | Take measurement when cutting table's cloth cover? |
| DIAL | Being set like the table, is given over to the face (4) |
| TILLER | On which there's a guiding hand at the plough? (6) |
| TAP | A cock on which there's a ready supply (3) |
| THRESH | Word, from "beat seeds out of corn/grain", for a chastising flog with a whip, a fast race, a flail or writhe about, a lavish noisy party, a loud piece of rock music or a severe trounce (6) |
| DIABETES | Metabolic disease in which there is a deficiency in the production of, or response to, insulin (8) |
| ORANG | Critter of which there is a surprisingly small number left in the world |
| EDDY | Movement in a stream of water in which there is a miniature whirlpool (4) |
| IONOSPHERE | Region of the earth's atmosphere in which there is a high concentration of free electrons (10) |
| JUDICIALREVIEW | Process in which there is a legal consideration of an action by a public body (8,6) |
| AIDS | Disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity (4) |
| ANAEMIA | Condition in which there is a deficiency of haemoglobin in the blood (7) |
| OIL | Upton Sinclair novel on which "There Will Be Blood" is based |
| ROSTRUM | Podium on which there may be a lectern (7) |
| PERIODIC | Like the table that hangs in a lab |