| PANTOGRAPHS | Scale drawers that fail to get the hang of a popstar (11) |
| MTV | "Becoming a Popstar" airer |
| COMMODE | A type of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers that was in use in France in the late 17th century |
| HIGHBOY | A high or double chest of drawers that are known technically as a chest-on-stand and a chest-on-chest, respectively |
| ARMOIRE | A large two-door cupboard, usually movable and containing shelves, hanging space, and sometimes drawers that was used to store arms |
| ROPELADDERS | You need to get the hang of climbing them (4,7) |
| MISSTHEPOST | Be too late with letter and fail to get the job (4,3,4) |
| LEARNTOWRITE | Why we initially go to school is to get the hang of how to drop a line (5,2,5) |
| NOOSE | A knot to get the hang of? (5) |
| PEGBOARD | Something to get the hang of in the workshop (8) |
| LEAR | King has to get the hang of being without knight |
| CLOTHESHORSES | You need to get the hang of them for drying (7,6) |
| SUSPENSION | You have to get the hang of walking on it (10,6) |
| BRIDGE | You have to get the hang of walking on it (10,6) |
| RASP | Doesn't begin to get the hang of tool (4) |
| ROPELADDER | You have to get the hang of climbing this (4,6) |
| NEILTENNANT | Ex-Smash Hits man turned popstar (4,7) |
| AIRBALLS | Shots that fail to hit the basket, rim, or backboard: 2 wds. |
| THU | Day that Arthur Dent "could never get the hang of": Abbr. |
| SUSPENSE | The tension overcome when you get the hang of it? (8) |
