| MAKINGASTAND | Putting up some resistance to what the easel manufacturer is doing (6,1,5) |
| HOLDOUT | Was successful on the green, we hear - keep putting up some resistance (4,3) |
| DRAFT | It's foolish to adopt resistance to what is only a rough sketch (5) |
| OHMS | Measure of resistance to what's on government letters (4) |
| SNAKE | The ___ called the Leimadophis epinephelus has some resistance to the dart frog's poison |
| POLICESTATES | They have government control according to what the law says (6,6) |
| SHOWINGFIGHT | Televising bout that's offering some resistance (7,5) |
| DEFENDS | Fed up with conclusions ___ puts up some resistance (7) |
| OPPOSITE | Put up some resistance about it on the other side (8) |
| DEFEND | Put up some resistance, being fed up with an extreme point (6) |
| REACTANCE | Perhaps can create some resistance to flow (9) |
| OCTANS | Said to resemble a navigational instrument, a constellation named by Lacaille with 13 others including the "Air Pump", the "Chisel", the "Compasses" and the "Easel" (6) |
| OPPOSES | Shows some resistance to work attitudes (7) |
| OHM | Some resistance to old hard Frenchman (3) |
| RESTITI | Sustinui, repugnavi; I put up some resistance |
| RELEASED | Free to take the easel out into the shade |
| BOOKCASES | Express disapproval of putting up some empty container as furniture |
| DIYER | Someone trying their hand at putting up some shelves, e.g. (5) |
| SOUTER | Maybe Oxford manufacturer is stronger, having exported the first ton (6) |
| INDUSTRIALIST | Manufacturer is first to follow river test (13) |