| PROVERBIAL | Referred to in an idiom (10) |
| FISHKETTLE | Name, recalled in an idiom for an awkward state of affairs, for an oval or oblong pan in which to poach a salmon or trout in court-bouillon (4,6) |
| BARTHEDOOR | Protect against danger, in an idiom |
| EATONESHAT | Be very surprised, in an idiom (3,4,3) |
| BEDPOST | Referred to in an idiomatic phrase meaning "between you and me" or "in confidence", a vertical corner support of a frame bracing a mattress (7) |
| OAR | A paddle or scull referred to in an expression synonymous with meddling or sticking one's nose in (3) |
| ENCHILADA | Meaning "season with chilli" and referred to in an expression synonymous with "big cheese", a tortilla-based burrito-like dish (9) |
| IVORYTOWER | English translation of an idiom that appears in a poem by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve used to desc |
| EXPRESSION | Look for an idiom (10) |
| HASITALL | Manages to balance success in work and family, in an idiom |
| PIGS | They're unlikely to fly, in an idiom |
| WIDENET | Something to cast, in an idiom |
| HELL | Alternative to high water, in an idiom |
| SNAKEOIL | Product of an untrustworthy salesman, in an idiom |
| SOUP | Beginning, in an idiom ... or a hint to the starred clues' answers, pre-transformation |
| NUTS | End, in an idiom ... or a hint to the starred clues' answers |
| SQUAREPEG | Item that can't fit in a round hole, in an idiom |
| GRIST | Advantageous thing, in an idiom |
| GNAT | Strained-at bug, in an idiom |
| HIDE | Hair's partner, in an idiom |
