| OVERAWES | Oscar and Vera? Wesley takes their breath away with the science! (8) |
| OVERLOAD | Oscar and Vera admit drawing attention to director of Swamp (8) |
| WHISPERS | Work with his first patients in hospital is endless or so they say, under their breaths (8) |
| MUTTERER | Word for a mumper or mussitator who is inclined to chunter, drone, mumble or witter under their breath in a barely audible voice (8) |
| BRITTAIN | Vera ?, author of 1933 memoir Testament of Youth (8) |
| WRONGMAN | The ___, 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film drama starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles (5,3) |
| FBISTORY | 'The --- ---', 1959 Mervyn LeRoy film starring James Stewart and Vera Miles (1,1,1,5) |
| WALKOVER | Kaye and Vera get low following easy win (8) |
| VERTEBRA | Bert & Vera, smashed, share a joint (8) |
| JAEGER | Bird, also known as the Arctic skua, which pursues weaker birds and takes their prey (6) |
| NATURAL | - History Museum; building forming part of a trio of popular tourist attractions in Kensington with the Science Museum and the V&A (7) |
| AGRICULTURISTS | Those concerned with the science, art or business of cultivating the soil (14) |
| PSYCHOMETRIC | To do with the science of measuring mental capacities and processes (12) |
| STUN | Take someone's breath away with extract from Fascist university (4) |
| WINDMILLS | Take philosopher’s breath away with small energy generators |
| WRITHE | Seem pained when the head waiter takes their order (6) |
| IMELDASTAUNTON | Actress whose films include Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Vera Drake (6,8) |
| BOTANICAL | To do with the science of plants on a Baltic Exchange (9) |
| PHOTOCHEMISTRY | Picture school subject dealing with the science of light (14) |
| OUSTS | Forces someone out and takes their place (5) |
