| EASTCOKER | Seek actor for stirring poetic quartet |
| ODES | Stirring poetic works |
| DOLLY | Child's word for a moppet or a puppet; a posser for stirring laundry in a washtub; an easy catch in cricket; or, a wheeled cart for a film camera (5) |
| POKER | Thought to be related to the German for "brag", the name of a card game of bluff and skill; a bugbear; a mace-bearer; a salamander for stirring a fire; or, a stiff person (5) |
| SWIZZLE | Cocktail of rum and bitters; a type of stick for stirring such a drink; or, an informal word for a diddle or a disappointment (7) |
| THIBLE | First woman to fly in a free-floating hot-air balloon; or, a dialect word for a stick for stirring broth or porridge (6) |
| SPOONBILL | Wading bird allied to ibises and named for its beak, imagined to look like an item of cutlery for stirring (9) |
| SPOTON | Precisely used for stirring tea inside (4,2) |
| EMOTIVE | Key reason for stirring up strong feelings (7) |
| TEASPOON | Something for stirring pot, as one's brewed |
| PONDLIFE | Find pole for stirring up frogs, nymphs etc (4,4) |
| SPOON | In retrospect, no opportunities for stirring aid (5) |
| KISSMEKATE | The King and I sets make for stirring musical! |
| GRUEL | Initial, golden rule for stirring porridge (5) |
| ELECTRIC | Choose cereal food lacking energy for stirring (8) |
| SPURTLE | Stick for stirring porridge (7) |
| TEDDER | A machine for stirring and spreading hay (6) |
| VIOLIN | Instrument used for stirring oil into wine! (6) |
| SLATS | Pieces of wood used for stirring salts (5) |
| SAGO | Gas-ring used for stirring pudding (4) |
