| TOLLMAN | Old tax collector or bell-ringer, you could say (7) |
| AVID | Like an ardent stamp collector or book reader |
| TEASTRAINER | Leaf collector, or artisan working with tree (3-8) |
| ITEM | Word that can follow "collector's" or "news" |
| MATTHEW | Hack pursuing dull old tax collector |
| RHUBARB | Pinkish leaf-stalks forced under terracotta cloches or bell jars; word repeated by actors to simulate background conversation; a row, rumpus or squabble; or, nonsense (7) |
| SOMEONE | Addition of two halves, you could say, makes a person (7) |
| ANEMONE | Any money, you could say, for a buttercup (7) |
| DEPOSED | Stopped working as a model, you could say, getting thrown out (7) |
| HEATHER | Plant blanketing moorlands with tiny purplish flowers or "bells" eaten by red grouse; or, a variety of blended or variegated wool yarn (7) |
| GREATER | More important kitchen item, you could say |
| CENTURY | This is the 21st horseman, you could say, dispatching a Yankee |
| ICECOLD | Freezing, I issue reprimand, you could say (3-4) |
| IDABBLE | "Oh, you could say it's a hobby of mine" |
| ISASNEW | If something is used, but in perfect condition, you could say it .. .. ... (2,2,3) |
| EXACTOR | In the past, he performed the role of a tax collector (7) |
| LIBERTY | Word with lady or bell |
| TELECOM | Rogers or Bell, e.g. |
| EXCISEMAN | Old cinemas used by old tax collector (9) |
| AMILDAR | Tax collector with an unaggressive, vacant air |