| CATERERS | Secretary mostly working for food suppliers |
| CATERER | Terrace is modified for food supplier (7) |
| PLAZA | Secretary, mostly disinclined to work inside, finding outdoor area (5) |
| PANIC | Secretary, mostly fastidious, exhibiting alarm (5) |
| CATTLE | Lion, for instance, let out its food suppliers? (6) |
| SAFETYPIN | Security device Peter used, mostly working in pool |
| TEPHILLIN | Slips with religious texts mostly working round NT book |
| SLIMJIM | Beanpole, muddy, mostly working out, by the sound of it |
| ACTINIUM | Mostly working with university, in one's element |
| LUMINOSITY | Brightness shown by one in uni, mostly working (10) |
| BECKON | Posh partner mostly working, making gesture |
| UNTOWARD | Around two mostly working gets inconvenient (8) |
| GROCERS | Food suppliers (7) |
| ACATERS | Old-established food suppliers rate badly in accounts |
| CAFETERIAS | Coach holding celebration is engaging a diner's food suppliers (10) |
| SIDELINE | During function, food supplier's extra job |
| LIMABEAN | Fix up accomodation for possibly heartless food supplier |
| CATERCORNER | Diagonally opposite, food supplier brings in basic food |
| PLACENTA | Locate new reserves for primary food supplier |
| SOUPKITCHEN | He picks out wrong new food supplier for those in need (4,7) |