| LODESTAR | Look Duke! Stare! Possibly, it is Polaris (8) |
| TIRAMISU | Possibly it is a rum dessert (8) |
| TREASURES | Sure! Stare at them! They're really prized (9) |
| EYESORE | Stye possibly, it is not pleasant to look at (7) |
| WELLINGTONS | Beefy boots, thanks to the Duke! (11) |
| DISHOUT | "Serve duke!" I cry |
| AONE | Donald Pleasence shooting Isaac Hayes in Escape from N.Y.: "You're the Duke! You're _ number ___!!" |
| ARRESTS | That's right! Stares as he takes them into custody (7) |
| SHOELACE | A hole is made in case, possibly, it requires holes (8) |
| LITERARY | Possibly it rarely is about books (8) |
| URSAMINOR | Northern sky constellation, the brightest star of which is Polaris (4,5) |
| LITTLEBEAR | The constellation Ursa Minor, whose brightest star is Polaris (6,4) |
| URSA | ___ Minor (constellation whose brightest star is Polaris) |
| GOOGLE | Look up! Don’t stop and stare! |
| EVILEYE | After veil is off, observe death stare! (4,3) |
| EASTER | When an eye-opener can make you stare! (6) |
| EYEFUL | You can hardly get one with a vacant stare! (6) |
| SATIRE | Such ridicule given on the way I stare! (6) |
| WHATHESAID | 'I'm helium, and I fill balloons!,' possibly |
| OLD | "A-Levels? I'd swot!" - possibly that's traditional "wisdom"(3,5,5) |