| CITING | Naming as a source |
| CALLING | Naming as a profession (7) |
| ENGINE | Word for cunning/skill originally, later a weapon of war; a machine, such as a locomotive, as a source of power; or, any agent to effect a purpose (6) |
| STURGEON | Common name of a ganoid fish, such as a beluga or sevruga, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass (8) |
| CITE | Name as a source, as in a footnote |
| TEABERRIES | Has a go at drinking a beer, developed as a source of wintergreen |
| CINNABAR | A bright-red mineral ore of mercury, historically used as a source of vermilion - its name, from Greek and Persian origins, was believed by the ancients to be "dragon's blood" and is given to a striki |
| TIMOTHY | Grass known as meadow cat's-tail, used as a source of hay for horses (7) |
| TEREBINTH | A small southern European tree yielding resin formerly used as a source of turpentine |
| OXFORDCOMPANION | Italics in clues indicate one of the seven ____ books owned by today's setter, as a source of the Q and A |
| BEETS | Plant with edible leaves and red roots eaten as vegetable and valued for its red roots as a source of sugar |
| SORE | Bend a metal container as a source of irritation |
| KENDALMINTCAKE | Sugar-based confection originating from a Cumbrian town and used as a source of energy by climbers and mountaineers (6,4,4) |
| ANCHORAGE | A new unexciting job collecting silver as a source of security |
| HOTCOALS | So a cloth can be used as a source of heat (3,5) |
| BREWERSYEAST | A rye 'Webster's' set out as a source of vitamin B (7,5) |
| SOLARPANEL | A device designed to absorb the sun's rays as a source of energy for generating electricity (5,5) |
| SOYABEAN | Seed of a plant used for food, forage and as a source of oil (4,4) |
| BATTERY | Device containing one or more dry-cells as a source of power; series of cages for egg-laying hens; set of cooking utensils; or, a marching percussion ensemble (7) |
| ROSE | Flower such as the apple-scented sweetbrier or any other wild variety whose berry-like hips were collected during the Second World War as a source of vitamin C for children (4) |
