| RIVERBED | Lower part of the Congo possibly was passed over by migrating weaver birds (5,3) |
| BONOBO | Great ape native to part of the Congo basin |
| SKIPPED | Slept after the start of school and was passed over (7) |
| TOSCA | Caruso was passed over for its premiere |
| ODOMETER | Which instrument measures the distance passed over by a motor vehicle (8) |
| AMADAVAT | An Indian songbird akin to the weaver birds (8) |
| WAINSCOT | Area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room (8) |
| PEKINESE | Boxer, possibly, was this dog (8) |
| GLASSJAW | Boxing term given to the lower part of the face which is vulnerable to punches (5,3) |
| OBERLAND | The lower parts of the Bernese Alps in central Switzerland (8) |
| DEMEAN | Humble Gussalufz is passed over by head of department (6) |
| MIST | Veil passed over by the ears (4) |
| DASHED | Like hopes of woman passed over by father? (6) |
| GRENADIER | Any of various African weaver birds with red and black plumage |
| ASPCA | Abbreviation of the animal welfare charity founded two years after Martin's Act was passed (1,1,1,1,1) |
| NORTH | Translator of Plutarch's Lives; Tory prime minister in office when the Tea Act was passed in 1773; or, South's partner in bridge(5) |
| CIVILRIGHTS | The first bill to establish these was passed in 1964: 2 wds. |
| JAMESMONROE | Under him, the Missouri Compromise was passed (#5, 1817-25): 2 wds. |
| LAPPED | Was passed going round the track as one took a drink (6) |
| PEEL | British PM when the 1844 Factory Act was passed into law (4) |
