| OILIEST | Of the two teachers I met at the start of term, Mr Lach from Cromhall is the most awful and smarmiest (7) |
| MIMOSA | The moment Sam and I met at the plant (6) |
| NASTIEST | House wine stored inside is the most awful |
| GROSSEST | Most awful and disgusting eye-opener on road (8) |
| HEATHEND | The accident happened as the learner driver was leaving Sandleheath on his way to a place near Cromhall (5,3) |
| ELMER | Montreal Canadiens great Mr. Lach |
| WEATHERFORECAST | Two teachers fear terrible announcement after news broadcast (7,8) |
| DEBRIS | Two teachers sent back rubbish (6) |
| SELFTAUGHT | It's no thanks to teachers I can read and write having trained in solitary confinement? (4-6) |
| EMPHATIC | Forceful chap I met at sea (8) |
| SIR | Title used by some teachers, I reckon (3) |
| SOUTHMOLTON | Our first child was expelled from school on Monday - at the start of term he had got into a fight with two others at the youth centre near King's Nympton (5,6) |
| SITE | The position is different at the start of term (4) |
| TRIAL | Last August, I moved in with two of my friends in the middle of Slad -- it was awful and became a real test of my endurance! (5) |
| TRAUMA | Disturbing experience at the start of term rendered all undergraduates morally appalled |
| WORSTED | Yarn from the most awful journalist (7) |
| EATUP | I heard you ate in Plymouth, but it was awful and you just wanted to finish the meal and leave (3,2) |
| STRUCTURE | Form certain to accept short setback with the start of term (9) |
| TRIFLE | Play Winchester, perhaps, after the start of term |
| OTOE | Whom the Corps of Discovery met at the Missouri |