| FELDSPAR | Mineral brought down, said Pole (8) |
| MOONSTONE | Mineral brought back by astronauts? (9) |
| STANSTED | Travelling from here said Poles must be allowed in? (8) |
| ORES | Sources of minerals brought back from this eroded site (4) |
| STAKES | "Pieces of meat", said Poles (6) |
| HEDGES | Sceptres or wands of office; or, from "rods", thought from the idea of said poles as boundary markers, a word for borders, edges or margins, such as eaves, or grassy strips along roads (6) |
| DECLINES | Turned down, said no (8) |
| RAPUNZEL | "I plan to let my hair down," said ___ |
| DUG | 'Delved down,' said Douglas Jnr. (3) |
| GIGOLO | Soldier to turn down said escort (6) |
| NYE | 'We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down,' said ... Bev |
| BUENOSDIAS | One bus broke down, said to return greeting in Mexico (6,4) |
| OVERHAND | With arm brought down from the shoulder (8) |
| SIPHONED | Brought down to a lower level? (8) |
| INCURRED | Brought down upon oneself (8) |
| STRICKEN | Brought down by a gunman inside (8) |
| DEMEANED | Brought down average in actual fact (8) |
| FLOWERED | First of freesias brought down, having bloomed (8) |
| ASPIRANT | Ambitious partisan brought down (8) |
| GLOWERED | Head of government brought down gave a scowl (8) |
