| LINCHPIN | One essential to organisation of lip, chin and top of nose (8) |
| BROWN | Forehead and top of nose burnt by the sun |
| CORANGLAIS | Instrument sounded note, one essential to function (3,7) |
| HARBOURBRIDGE | Shelter top of nose, or it will look like a Sydney landmark (7,6) |
| ALBACORE | A small weight in front of one essential fish (8) |
| LEARNING | Being a student, inclined to cover only one essential school subject? (8) |
| COMMUNAL | Short communication to organisation in US city turns up for all to share (8) |
| UNBURDEN | Open one's heart to organisation reviewing Polish sanctuary (8) |
| INDUCTEE | One admitted to organisation, say, in debt leaving Britain - cue for reform? (8) |
| LUNCHING | With chin and lung must be eating sandwich (8) |
| ASTONISH | Tree overlooking street and tops of neighbourhood including a maze? (8) |
| SAUCEPAN | In the kitchen, a vessel with its own kind of 'lip' (8) |
| KISSABLE | (Of lips) lusciously inviting |
| CAMPION | Pinky-red flower of meadows, country lanes, hedgerows and woodlands from spring to early autumn; or, the director of The Piano and Top of the Lake (7) |
| WIMPLE | Typical headgear for ladies of the 13th century. It was constructed of a linen band, wound firmly around the chin and head, and a head band of starched linen. |
| ZEN | School of Buddhism that teaches that contemplation of one's essential nature is the only way of achieving pure enlightenment |
| FACE | The front of the head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear. |
| SWEEPHAND | Chimney cleaner had to cover tip of chin and part of face (5,4) |
| AWN | Cut top of grass and top of barley, maybe (3) |
| ADENOID | To do with soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of the throat (7) |
