| LOOKINGUP | Making use of reference book is improving (7,2) |
| ONTHEWING | Old collection of books - making use of 19 in flight? |
| CALLINGON | Making use of a line, hold desperately tight around it |
| EMPLOYING | Making use of tactic embraced by oriental dynasty (9) |
| BUFFALOES | Animals making use of flab swim around |
| OSMOMETRY | Stormy winds around 'ouse making use of pressure gauge |
| HOSTELLER | One making use of cheap accommodation calls bank clerk |
| ORCHESTRA | Pit workers making use of torches traditionally (9) |
| UTILISING | Making use of |
| DOCUDRAMA | Term for a hybrid film or TV genre, based on real events but making use of artistic licence |
| RAGPICKER | A bone-grubber, chiffonnier, junk-dealer, rummager, scrounger or totter who earns a living by making use of scavenged old clothes, tatters and other everyday discards or scrap (9) |
| ONTHEMEND | Supported by a thesis, the heart of London is improving (2,3,4) |
| BESPATTER | Soil is improving containing mineral spring (9) |
| UPTAKE | The action of making use of something that is available (6) |
| LIFELINE | Cat past fifty-one - is it making use of its ninth? |
| EXERCISING | Removing trousers the Queen is making use of |
| DICTION | Reference book is to be 30% shorter, in a manner of speaking |
| PEERAGE | System of hereditary titles detailed and listed in a type of reference book of the same name by either John |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA | English translation of Iceland copy of reference book (12) |
| DOLMEN | One of those old grave types making use of The Stones provided party for 50 workers (6) |
