| LAIDON | Provided, as the nest is by the hen |
| HEN | The nest is home to this bird |
| EARTHEN | Fear the nest is partially made of baked clay (7) |
| BESTRIDDEN | Sat on, as the horse is by the champion jockey? (10) |
| PASTOR | 'The reverend' ('Father' is, by the way, an alternative) (6) |
| KNOWLEDGE | Learning cocktail, at the moment, is by the sill (9) |
| STEVE | The man is, by the way, a woman (5) |
| ASSURE | Guarantee the beast is by the river (6) |
| TEXTILE | Written work is first the French provided as a type of material |
| REDIS | "___ the color that my baby wore ..." (from "Yes It Is" by the Beatles) |
| EPISCOPAL | It is by the bishops who cope with a lisp such as this (9) |
| AMBIENT | Going round with a doctor: that is, by the book (7) |
| STRUM | It is, by the way, an odd play (5) |
| STOUT | Beer is, by the way, unfashionable (5) |
| TOPHAT | Path to complex is by the milliner's presumably (3,3) |
| LENIENT | Forgiving fellow, that is by the book (7) |
| NOVELLA | New Californian city is by the book (7) |
| KATMANDU | Capital city is, by the way, where we are currently cycling (8) |
| BUSIEST | Most active vehicle that is by the way (7) |
| KERBSTONE | Ben Stokes endlessly bats, bagging runs? This is by the way (9) |
