| THESTREET | Mae West suggested, "A man in the house is worth two in ..." (3,6) |
| MAN | "A ___ in the house is worth two in the street." (Mae West) (3) |
| USHEROUT | Show the door to leading man in The House - the one no longer in office (5,3) |
| MARKETVALUE | What a house is worth |
| CLASSROOM | Group in The House is childish and is bound to be taught a lesson (9) |
| HAND | A bird in the ___ is worth two in the bush |
| ADAGE | "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush," e.g. |
| DESTROYER | Craft needed to find a man in the desert somehow (9) |
| REWARDING | Profitable fight held by a man in the ring (9) |
| MIXEDMETAPHOR | "A rolling stone is worth two in the bush", for example (5,8) |
| INDICATED | Suggested a diced tin of worms (9) |
| RINGSIDESEAT | Group representing the opposition in The House is closest to the fight (8,4) |
| UFOS | Turns up, most of the seating in The House is for Ulster types regularly seen by conspiracy theorists (4) |
| HANDMAID | Working in the house, is she all fingers and thumbs? (8) |
| DRYROT | Wood problem in the house is solved by Dr Troy (3,3) |
| NASTIEST | Taking a drink in the home is most objectionable |
| BIRD | Something "in the hand" that's "worth two in the bush" |
| ABIRD | "___ in the hand is worth two,,," |
| HOMESICK | The House is upset by a fair amount of the pack - could be a pining to go to the country (8) |
| STRANGER | The saint meets a man in the park but he's a foreigner (8) |
