| LOINS | Lower part of back nil, so it might be (5) |
| TENDERLOIN | Cut is sore to the touch above lower part of back (10) |
| CHEERIO | Shout encouragement given one-nil, then farewell (7) |
| LOGIC | "Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's _____" |
| BURRA | East or west in 29Ac, muscular rubbing part of back (5) |
| TWEEDLEDEE | Who says "Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't" |
| ELISION | Suppression of syllable is no lie, or so it might be (7) |
| HEYDAY | Prime time for making dried grass, so it might be said (6) |
| ILLUME | Light up part of back lounge (Mulligan's) (6) |
| SWADDLE | Bandage part of back with cuts in |
| MACHINERY | Woman trapping part of back in apparatus |
| KISS | Part of back is supporting neck |
| BHAKTI | Yoga found a bit hard around lowest part of back |
| POLARIS | Star of April, so it might appear (7) |
| OGRE | We have the possession of us, or so it might appear (4) |
| OPPOSE | Be against Pope, so it might appear (6) |
| ENTAIL | In late, so it might bring it on as a consequence (6) |
| EPIGLOTTIS | Piglet, so it might appear, stops food going the wrong way (10) |
| ORACLES | They make divine revelations clear, so it might appear (7) |
| CROSIER | A crook cries - or so it might appear (7) |
