| MONITORS | Senior pupils with supervisory duties; devices for checking heart rate or blood pressure; or, VDUs (8) |
| PULSES | Rhythmic arterial dilations used as a palpatory method to measure blood pressure; or, beans or peas (6) |
| ATMS | Devices for checking account balances |
| SENSOR | They may detect heat or blood pressure |
| REGISTRAR | Record-holder is behind, checking heart on run (9) |
| CHARGEHAND | Worker with supervisory duties |
| PREFECT | Senior pupil with powers |
| HAIL | Descent or cascade of water or snow; a decrease in size or rate; or, another word for autumn (4) |
| OUTPUTS | General term for quantities produced by machines, or for the data sent from computers to VDUs, printers etc (7) |
| FAG | Term for a boring, wearisome or unwelcome task; drudgery; or, traditionally in British public schools, a junior boy forced to do menial chores for a senior pupil or prefect (3) |
| DIPSTICK | Device for checking oil level (8) |
| SPIRITLEVEL | Device for checking whether a surface is horizontal |
| SHORTTERM | What might suit lazy pupils with little regard for the future |
| SIGHTFOR | A welcome spectacle for pupils with tender spots! (5,3,4,4) |
| BLUECHIP | First-rate or second-rate clue, the first to be last in (4-4) |
| FREESPOOL | Lighter than a big pit, with slower retrieval rate (*or pole's feeler) (9,4) |
| REEL | Lighter than a big pit, with slower retrieval rate (*or pole's feeler) (9,4) |
| STREAMER | Narrow flag provided for group of pupils with hesitation |
| BOARD | Committee with supervisory powers |
| SIXTHFORM | This unusual structure houses ten senior pupils (5,4) |
