| OPPRESSOR | Organise poor to crush iron dictator (9) |
| PRESS | Crush; iron |
| PENNILESS | Too poor to buy the dreadful old book? (9) |
| SEPULCHRE | How to crush peel and find a place in which to bury it (9) |
| AGINCOURT | A riot gun prepared to crush onset of clan battle (9) |
| WINEPRESS | New spires made for it to crush the grapes (9) |
| MARIGOLDS | Equipment from the past brought in to crush endless flowers (9) |
| SQUELCHER | It's meant to crush Hercules, beaten without question (9) |
| MANDATORY | Required staff prosecutor to crush Conservative (9) |
| AROMANTIC | Hint of nutmeg wrapped in fragrant plant is unlikely to crush? (9) |
| LAPLANDER | North European youth conceals plot to crush monarch |
| STOPPRESS | Stone to crush - this is just breaking now! (4,5) |
| OPPRIMERE | To crush, overwhelm, press down |
| KITCHENER | Man entertaining yen to crush King Edward's army commander |
| PULVERISE | To crush lentils I increase the speed of a motor turning inside |
| CIDERMILL | Location and equipment used to crush apples into juice for use in making applejack, apple wine, pectin and so on (5,4) |
| BREAKALEG | Good luck, it's said, to crush a part (5,1,3) |
| ONTHEBREADLINE | Very poor to be queuing at the baker's (2,3,9) |
| OSBORNE | Person robs poor to make cut? (7) |
| ANTONYM | Boy getting married, poor to rich, perhaps (7) |
