| LOBOTOMY | See my boot repaired. (Hole in top.) (8) |
| BEHOLDEN | Under a moral obligation, bishop repaired hole before study (8) |
| LEASEHOLD | Repaired holes in main rented property (9) |
| GOUGE | Make a hole in top of garment and blush right away (5) |
| HOLINESS | Religious type has dreadful holes in top of socks (8) |
| ROBOTS | Androids need right boots repaired (6) |
| EYESHADE | See my head twitching after month left in blindfold (8) |
| LOMBARDY | See my poet appearing without you, it's said, in favourite tree (8,6) |
| ITOLDYOU | "See, my hunch was correct!" |
| TOMBOYISH | Confusing my boot with his, like George in The Famous Five? |
| TOMBOY | Playing rough, she made a mess of my boot (6) |
| GALOSH | A large character wearing my boot (6) |
| DONTSCARE | "Ooh, I'm shaking in my boots!" |
| OOH | "You've got me shaking in my boots!" |
| OOHIMSOSCARED | "Yeah, sure, you've really got me quaking in my boots here!" |
| TOMBOYS | Boisterous girls ruined my boots (7) |
| POPLAR | See my poet appearing without you, it's said, in favourite tree (8,6) |
| VEST | "See My ___" ("The Simpsons" parody of "Be My Guest") |
| MOLD | I still see my old headmaster around my town near Buckley (4) |
| ECOSYSTEMS | See my costs spiralling in complex communities |