| NOTHING | Love is a matter lacking any importance (7) |
| YATTER | Talk of unknown matter lacking mass (6) |
| ANCIENTHISTORY | Old school subject that's no longer of any importance (7,7) |
| WATER | No longer of any importance (5,5,3,6) |
| UNDERTHEBRIDGE | No longer of any importance (5,5,3,6) |
| LOTTERY | A great deal to sample, including additive, is a matter of chance (7) |
| TILLAGE | Keep your money! To mature is a matter of husbandry (7) |
| COMFORT | Almost to arrive at stronghold is a matter of satisfaction (7) |
| MOISTER | Fellow hiding love is a bit more wet (7) |
| BENATAR | Love Is A Battlefield singer and Hall of Fame inductee (3,7) |
| DESTINY | "is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice" |
| THEUNKNOWN | It is a matter of ignorance, of course (3,7) |
| SMALLBEER | Perhaps a pony is a matter of no consequence (5,4) |
| HABIT | A nun's clothing is a matter of use (5) |
| SOLFA | Love on the couch is a matter of scale (5) |
| TANGO | Dance is a matter of taste, love (5) |
| LONGARMOFTHELAW | Its reach into cyberspace is a matter of hot debate |
| LIFETIME | Punishment served in prison is a matter of birth and death (8) |
| MOOTPOINT | Moment to return to issue is a matter for debate (4,5) |
| FLING | Keeping in line is a matter for EastEnders cast (5) |
