| CASHEWNUT | Possibly cuts when a kernel is produced (6,3) |
| EXERCISER | She trains one making cuts when introducing US medical programme |
| NUTRIENTS | Kernel is rent apart in food (9) |
| TRACKSUIT | Possibly cut risk with a rest at the end, it's assumed, if exercising |
| FRIEDRICH | Dieter's pal possibly cut starchy, fatty food he's just started |
| LOSTCAUSE | Couldn't find a kernel of truth in the case - hopeless quest! (4,5) |
| GALLIPOLI | US soldier saving everybody I cut when retreating in battle (9) |
| RECTANGLE | Figure Jung's half-cut when going into Electra complex |
| APPEARS | A soft fruit with tasty kernel is exhibited |
| MUSCADET | Made cuts when ordering wine |
| DEPRECATES | Criticises cuts when one misses out |
| DRESSES | Deals with the cuts when one slips on (7) |
| ATOM | A wee bit of a dust-up, possibly cut short |
| APPAL | Gala possibly cut short when receiving a shock (5) |
| INANUTSHELL | To put it briefly, this is where the kernel is (2,1,8) |
| NUT | Kernel is central to minutes (3) |
| CEDE | Kernel is heard to yield (4) |
| ALMOND | Influenced by medieval Latin for "loveable", a kernel with an oval shape resembled by the brain's emotional processing centre, or "amygdala"; or, a creamy pale-brown or pistachio colour of such a rosa |
| NUTSHELL | A hard husk encasing a kernel or encapsulating a few figurative words (8) |
| NUTANT | Fruit with a kernel pursued by an insect is drooping |
