| SUBSTANTIATE | Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of (12) |
| ESTABLISH | Set up or prove the truth of something (9) |
| VALIDATE | To check or prove the accuracy of (8) |
| HEARSAY | Out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of whatever it asserts (7) |
| TENANTFRAMER | Evil landlord who concocts false evidence to cover his crimes? |
| SEEWHATIMEAN | "Doesn't that prove the point?" |
| THEEXCEPTION | Article on special one proves the rule (3,9) |
| FIREPROOF | Evidence to support spirit being non-combustible (9) |
| ARGUE | Cite evidence to support dispute (5) |
| COURSE | The headwaters of a stream or river; or, a book or article used to provide evidence (6) |
| VENTILATOR | Medical device used to support or replace the action of breathing in a patient who is ill, injured or anaesthetised (10) |
| ARGUMENTS | Debates or series of reasons presented to support or oppose a proposition |
| SLING | A strap or belt used to support or raise a hanging weight |
| UNDERPIN | To support or strengthen a building or other structure from beneath (8) |
| STICKBY | Continue to support or be loyal to during difficult times (5,2) |
| TESTER | Historically, a person employed to prove the innocuousness of food by eating it before serving it to their master or mistress; or, a little cup for a person who is sampling wine (6) |
| PROMOTE | To support or encourage actively a cause etc. (7) |
| EASEL | A frame used to support or display a canvas, blackboard, etc (5) |
| HOSTAGESTOFORTUNE | Remarks or undertakings considered unwise because they invite trouble or prove difficult to fulfil (8,2,7) |
| DEPONENT | I provide evidence of depression obscuring recollection of denial (8) |
