| MILLSTONE | Mass troubles to Tyneside perhaps can be a burden |
| COMPILES | Officer, before mass trouble in the rear, does my job |
| TON | To a new leader, it can be a burden (3) |
| TIRESOME | More ties can be a burden (8) |
| ONUS | Love at sunrise can be a burden (4) |
| ALBATROSS | Good score can be a burden (9) |
| SENTENCE | Life perhaps can be represented in a few words (8) |
| SHOULDER | A ____ to cry on, a person to tell one's troubles to (8) |
| SHELF | Bookkeeper perhaps can be icy at the bank (5) |
| DISCRETION | Directions, perhaps, can be the better part of valour (10) |
| AFRICAN | Nigerian perhaps can be after fair treatment |
| FEATHER | Though ticklish, perhaps, can be taken lightly (7) |
| SHOWDOG | Prove setter perhaps can be best in class, eventually (4,3) |
| WRITER | Pen perhaps can be Greene, White, Black or Brown |
| YELLOWSTONE | Citrine perhaps can be drawcard for tourists, largely in Wyoming (11) |
| MICROPHONE | More Chopin perhaps can be heard through this (10) |
| CARDS | Kings, perhaps, can be such eccentrics (5) |
| PERTURBS | Troubles to bring forward with restrictions about to be lifted (8) |
| HAILSTONE | Welcome Society to Tyneside, provoking a bit of a storm? |
| LUMBER | Sawn wood - be a burden to (6) |
