| SHANKAR | Sitar player showing part of leg and 40 per cent of sitar (7) |
| RODENTS | Constituting approximately 40 per cent of mammal species, mammals characterised by a pair of continuouslygrowing incisors, such as mice, rats, squirrels, guinea pigs and chipmunks (7) |
| TRUCKIE | Driver made 40 per cent of kills during ceasefire (7) |
| SHINPAD | It protects part of leg and hips, surprisingly (4,3) |
| MATINEE | Performance, dull one, needs to be cut by 40 per cent (7) |
| TUSSAUD | Sculptress gets royal household to back mammoth features reduced by 40 per cent (7) |
| NOTICED | Saw forty per cent off tree by swinging on it |
| EPISODE | Peep! Is Odeon showing part of a serial? (7) |
| HAMSTER | Pet showing part of leg and rear (not tail) |
| BOXCALF | Punch back of leg and hide |
| PITCHER | . . . baseball player showing hesitation on site (7) |
| BROWSER | Internet software showing part of lowbrow series (7) |
| SEMIPRO | Player showing some promise |
| KNEEL | Lower part of leg, middle part of leg and large bottom (5) |
| AMAZON | Covering around 40 per cent of South America and sometimes referred to as the "world's lungs", Earth's largest rainforest (6) |
| ABLE | Equipped firm to lay off 40 per cent of staff (4) |
| OREGON | US state with forest covering over 40 per cent of its total land area |
| ALSO | 40 per cent of the total thus in addition (4) |
| ESCUDO | Old currency used, 40 per cent of coins converted (6) |
| FREEFORALL | Orbital motion covering only 40 per cent of orbit is a chaotic situation |
