| BOOKTOKEN | Present as means to make novel acquisition, say (4,5) |
| ROALDDAHL | Author had dollar to make novel (5,4) |
| RETRADES | Gets rid of a new team acquisition, say |
| BOOKTOKENS | Arrange in advance for those on the board, the resources for a number of novel acquisitions (4,6) |
| EXPEDIENT | Index Pete devised as means to an end |
| NEWLABOUR | Political movement makes novel work |
| INEARNEST | I mean to make a home - seriously! (2,7) |
| TOUCHBASE | Bit mean, to make contact! |
| TELEPHONE | Then pole is adjusted to the end of the wire as means of communication (9) |
| REARLIGHT | Come down again, clutching middle of torch as means of illumination (4,5) |
| RELAXANTS | Upset, learnt sax as means of unwinding (9) |
| WATCHWORD | What crowd devised as means of getting through? |
| SEMAPHORE | Hear poems, in a way, as means of communication (9) |
| ESCALATOR | Sale actor negotiated as means of moving between levels? (9) |
| FURNACE | Point to great coat as means to heat up (7) |
| NAMENAMES | Identify those responsible as mean men going berserk (4,5) |
| MORALISER | Preacher as mean person getting spoken about? The opposite (9) |
| EGOTRIP | Got pier redeveloped as means to boost one's image (3,4) |
| TURNCOAT | One betraying party as means to get Cam? (8) |
| INASMUCH | "- as" means "to the extent that" |
