| INTERMITTENT | Occasional aim to grasp word, Italian |
| CATEGORICAL | Explicit Blanchett aim to grasp deep details? (11) |
| FANG | From the Old Norse for "capture, grasp", word originally for booty or spoils, later a large sharp tooth of a dog, venomous snake or wolf (4) |
| ALFRESCO | What two-word Italian phrase meaning 'in the open air' is used to describe outdoor dining? (2,6) |
| TERMITE | Word, Italian, third in thesaurus for 'insect' (7) |
| PUNITIVE | Extremely severe play on words (Italian) I have |
| PURSESTRINGS | Motivation for boxer on the road to find places to fight might be something for the accountant to grasp (5,7) |
| MUGSHOT | Snap warning to one intending to grasp a coffee? |
| REACH | Go as far as to try to grasp it (5) |
| REGULAR | A glorious thing for a gondolier's girl to be even craving to grasp equal opportunity after getting |
| NORTHDAKOTAN | Statesman with Koran to hand failing to grasp beginning of translation (5,7) |
| INTANGIBLE | It's hard to grasp, enabling it to be misconstrued (10) |
| GENTEEL | News at Ten's first item something hard to grasp, to be polite |
| SPLUTTERED | Struggled to get words out when rushed to grasp line, say (10) |
| TENACULUM | Surgical hook or forceps used to grasp small body parts such as the ends of arteries; from Latin, 'to hold' (9) |
| WADER | Struggle to grasp wings of delicate bird (5) |
| HOLD | ___ on to; grasp |
| EELLIKE | Hard to grasp, in a way |
| STALWART | Beginning to grasp wife in Los Angeles is faithful (8) |
| HEARD | Tried diligently to grasp point (5) |
