| WORDS | Produced by sword, but more effective, we are told (5) |
| WOODWORK | Is likely to be effective, we hear, as school subject |
| TEPEE | Tent torn initially by sword (5) |
| SWORD | In crosswords, the pen may be more effective than this (5) |
| REARM | Provide more effective weapons |
| HONED | Made more effective |
| HONES | Makes more effective |
| WHERE | Wear, we are told, but in which location? (5) |
| AVAIL | Profit is something to conceal, we are told (5) |
| STAID | Remained (we are told) sober (5) |
| RAISE | Build in sunlight, we are told. (5) |
| SCENT | Transmitted an aroma, we are told (5) |
| CACHE | A secret hoard of money, we are told (5) |
| CHECK | Examine someone from Prague, we are told (5) |
| SWEAR | In class we are told to use bad language (5) |
| HASTE | This makes waste we are told. (5) |
| PRIZE | Use a crowbar, we are told, to get this award (5) |
| CREWS | Staff on board for pleasuretrips, we are told (5) |
| REEDS | Studies, we are told, the growth of some grasses (5) |
| ENNUI | Tedium is on, we are told (5) |
