| SCANNING | Scrutinising first of strawberries before preserving (8) |
| CHEQUERS | Report of people scrutinising country residence (8) |
| EXAMINER | One scrutinising latest sign of emphysema in retired pit worker (8) |
| OBSERVER | One scrutinising former pupils always maintaining rule (8) |
| RESERVES | R Reeves ‘shocked' at first scrutinising books |
| CONSERVE | Food similar to jam but with a higher content of strawberries, cherries, apricot halves or other fruit with some citrus or rosewater (8) |
| ETONMESS | English dessert that is a crude mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream |
| WOLSEY | Orchestrator of the Field of the Cloth of Gold and inventor of the combination of strawberries and cream who was Henry VIII's chief adviser, often called "alter rex" (6) |
| HULLS | Green calyces of strawberries; pods of peas; or, frames of boats (5) |
| DREADING | Not looking forward to head of department scrutinising paper |
| NOSED | Spied for heads of national organisation, scrutinising every document |
| EXAMINING | Scrutinising reversal of cut applied to military activity |
| PUNNET | Basket of strawberries (6) |
| RED | Color of strawberries and fire trucks |
| TURF | Patch of strawberries maybe I avoided turning over |
| ETON | Dessert of strawberries, broken meringue and cream (4,4) |
| MESS | Dessert of strawberries, broken meringue and cream (4,4) |
| HOFSTRA | New York school tucked into dish of strawberries (7) |
| JAMS | They may be made of strawberries or stuck cars |
| SERVING | Delivery and helping of strawberries and cream at Wimbledon ? (7) |
