| OLDDOG | Poor learner, according to a proverb |
| FORMAL | Mould a learner according to the established mode (6) |
| DUNCE | Poor learner (5) |
| RETURNABLE | Poor learner, but could describe goods if not satisfied (10) |
| ENLARGERS | Poor learners keep good tools to increase dimensions |
| REMEDIAL | Call again about the writer appropriate for poor learners |
| ASSESS | Poor learners succeeded in test (6) |
| NOD | With allusion to a Genesiac land, a short sleep or nap; or, a gesture that is as "good as a wink to a blind horse", according to a proverb (3) |
| CATS | Animals which, according to a proverb, "may look at a king" (4) |
| ABSENCE | - makes the heart grow fonder, according to a proverb (7) |
| OAKS | "Great - from little acorns grow", according to a proverb (4) |
| ERR | Act human, according to a proverb |
| NECESSITY | The mother of invention according to a proverb (9) |
| CHEATS | Who, according to a proverb, never prosper? (6) |
| EARLYBIRD | According to a proverb, one catches the worm (5.4) |
| TIDE | "Time and - wait for no man", according to a proverb (4) |
| BREAD | According to a proverb, what is the staff of life? (5) |
| SAYING | Is giving voice to a proverb (6) |
| ELEPHANT | Animal that never forgets, accordingly to a proverb |
| WAS | Used to be a set-up for a proverb (3) |
