| RIGHTHANDMAN | Presumably he can be relied upon upon for dexterity (5-4,3) |
| NUTSANDBOLTS | They may be relied upon to fix things when brought together (4,3,5) |
| STANDBY | One can be relied upon to watch and do nothing (5-2) |
| STABLE | Can be relied upon to provide accommodation |
| SNAKECHARMER | With strange remarks he can be irresistible to low creatures (5-7) |
| WALES | Hawksworth WR 1003 County can't be relied upon to bloom for long? (5) |
| LIAR | He can't be relied upon to put the fence back (4) |
| LIARS | Their accounts cannot be relied upon (5) |
| RIGHTHAND | Sort of man that can be relied on to be far from sinister (5-4) |
| TRUSTED | Relied upon for integrity. (7) |
| AFFLATUS | Word, from the Latin for "breathe, to be blown upon", for divine creative inspiration (8) |
| TOWEROFSTRENGTH | Powerful tug that can be relied on (5,2,8) |
| STERLING | Can be relied on for cash (8) |
| ROUGHANDREADY | Your grandad, he can be crude but effective (5,3,5) |
| DEPENDABLE | Blended ape characters can be so relied upon (10) |
| MASSMEDIA | What most people depend upon for information (4,5) |
| BFF | Buddy one can depend upon for anything: Abbr. |
| TRUSTY | Convict getting privileges can be relied on (6) |
| ROCK | One who can be relied on to put baby to sleep (4) |
| DEPEND | It may hang by a thread, but it can be relied on (6) |
