| KEEPINWITH | Maintain friendship of Kit, nephew I cultivated (4,2,4) |
| KEEP | Maintain friendships and in conversation make epigrams (4) |
| IMPRESARIO | A primrose I cultivated for showman (10) |
| OCCIDENTAL | Old accent I cultivated for western (10) |
| INCINERATE | Burn the nectarine I cultivated (10) |
| SKITOURING | Sport of travelling (sometimes hut-to-hut) through mountainous landscapes over snow with essential items of kit called skins (3,7) |
| EMERYBOARD | Maybe order new piece of kit for nail bar (5,5) |
| PUTTYKNIFE | An essential piece of kit for a glazier (5,5) |
| RIDECYMBAL | Travel with character, as we hear part of kit |
| POLOSHIRTS | Garments of kit worn by husband with game coming up |
| PROTRACTOR | Standard piece of kit in a school pencil case for measuring angles (10) |
| IPHEION | Genus of 'starflower' plants - in hope, I cultivated (7) |
| CELOSIA | Genus of 'Cockscomb' plants - 'Solace', I cultivated (7) |
| ESTRANGE | Lose friendship of good person stuck in eastern Himalayas, perhaps |
| AMITY | Friendship of little woman the thing to be grasped |
| CAMARADERIE | Friendship of dear America going awry (11) |
| ALIENATE | Lose the friendship of Natalie, moving east |
| LIFEASSURANCE | A carefulness I cultivated for security (4,9) |
| INFER | Deduce it's the fern I cultivated (5) |
| MICHAELMASDAISY | Plant in shade Amy claims I cultivated (10,5) |
