| BROWNE | Sam, who generally gave officers a belting |
| ALICE | Literary protagonist who "generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)" |
| JESTER | Word for a minstrel or reciter of romances; a professional buffoon, clown or court fool; a jeerer, joker or mocker; or, one who generally acts with folly and plays the tomfool (6) |
| CRITIC | From Greek for "judge, decide", a professional reviewer of art, drama, food, literature, music etc; or, a person who generally finds faults (6) |
| KERNEL | Heard officer's a bit of a nut! (6) |
| BEADLE | Parish officer's a busy one, controlling wayward lad (6) |
| ROOFER | One who's generally inclined to work? |
| COGENT | Our Commanding Officer - a little gentleman - is really powerful (6) |
| KRUPKE | "Gee, Officer ------", a comedy number from West Side Story (6) |
| RANGER | Park officer a member of football team? (6) |
| YESMAN | Desire to welcome officer, a bootlicker (3,3) |
| AURORA | Belting out gubernatorial discourse at dawn (6) |
| STRAPPED | Gave one a belting, being short of cash (8) |
| STRUNG | Belting |
| ZONING | Belting |
| MIDLER | Belting Bette |
| TANGIBLE | Fabricated from a belting material (8) |
| IRONOUT | Settle semifinal on easy win - belting! (4,3) |
| PESSIMIST | Person who generally expects the worst (9) |
| NAYSAYER | One who generally refuses to do or agree to something (8) |
