| PARE | Peel ... or, phonetically, a fruit you might do this to |
| APPLE | Fruit you might use a corer on |
| SULTANA | Small dried fruit you might find in a scone (7) |
| MELONS | Fruits you might knock on to test for ripeness |
| PEARS | Fruits you might aptly buy in twos? |
| METOO | Copycat's comment ... or, phonetically, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| ADHOMINEM | Kind of fallacious argument ... or, phonetically, a hint to the answers to the starred clues |
| THEBEEGEES | Stayin' Alive band; or, phonetically, a description of the answers to the asterisked clues (10) |
| TIE | You might do this to a yellow ribbon (round the old oak tree) |
| PULPIT | You might do this to a terrible book stand |
| RINGBARK | You might do this to kill a tree (8) |
| RETUNE | You might do this to guitar in middle of show |
| PERMIT | OK, you might do this to shock (6) |
| RIND | Peel or skin of a fruit or vegetable, or the outer crust of a cheese (4) |
| DENATURE | A tenured chemistry professor might do this to a protein |
| CRY | If you are sad or hurt you might do this (3) |
| BURY | Put something in the ground and cover it with dirt (a dog might do this to a bone) |
| ZEST | Citrus fruit peel; or, a word used to describe vigour/energy (4) |
| TOUCHONESTOES | Following a stretch, you might do this on a bender - tap individuals down in The Boot (5,3'1,4) |
| SNEEZE | You might do this if you sniff pepper |
