| STAYTHEPACE | Maintain the required speed or level (4,3,4) |
| KEEPONTHEGO | Hen got the 'Pekoe treatment' to maintain the action! (4,2,3,2) |
| THERMOSTATS | They maintain the desired temperature |
| GOLDENHELLO | Early bonus, then work to maintain the misery of days gone by? |
| SUSTAINABLE | Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level |
| COSTOFLIVING | The amount required to maintain the benefice? (4,2,6) |
| EPISODES | So I maintain the speed to complete the whole story (8) |
| RUNUP | A period preceding a notable event such as Christmas or New Year; or, a substantial hike in the value or level of something (3-2) |
| FLAT | Word for something even or level, such as a ballet shoe, grassy plain or line on a monitor when the heart stops beating; or, an apartment (4) |
| PALINDROME | Madam or level or kayak or civic, e.g. |
| BALANCE | One of the functions of the brain is to maintain the Body___ (7) |
| PRESERVE | Protect or maintain the condition of home-grown fruit and veg - including the subjects of this week's Miscellany! (8) |
| KEEP | Maintain the strongest part of the castle (4) |
| PEG | Maintain the price level of a laundry item |
| ALLEGE | Maintain the woman returned half the gems (6) |
| RUNIN | While shuffling, maintain the original order of the cards; that is, perform a false shuffle* |
| REPUBLICS | Codgers to maintain "The Queen's Head", maybe, in places where the Queen isn't! (9) |
| TRACTION | Sustained pulling of a part of the body to maintain the positions of fractured bones, correct deformity etc. (8) |
| LOW | Below the normal elevation or level |
| TOPFLIGHT | Of the highest rank or level; outstanding (3,6) |
