| ORATION | Speech ends off for Horatio? No! (7) |
| PHILOSOPHY | Platonic affair that left something lacking for Horatio? |
| SCOTCH | A drink for Sean Connery perhaps before the public speech ends (6) |
| SARCOMA | Narco ends off being overwhelmed by Brave New World drug growth (7) |
| OCULIST | Medical expert's locum taking both ends off register (7) |
| RANCHER | US farmer cutting ends off boughs above river (7) |
| MONITOR | Watch Simon, I tore the ends off (7) |
| DETAILS | Takes ends off of nuts and bolts (7) |
| ENVELOP | Wrap something, even twisting to cut ends off (7) |
| NUPTIAL | Name raised to tip ale, ends off wedding (7) |
| TRIMMED | Cut just the ends off (7) |
| TOASTIE | Pay tribute to diet cutting both ends off type of sandwich (7) |
| TAILING | Term for flour or grain of inferior quality; a cook's task of cutting the ends off gooseberries, mangetout, radishes, runner beans etc, as opposed to topping; or, the act of secretly following or shad |
| CAPN | Title for Horatio Magellan Crunch, on cereal boxes |
| RANK | Captain, for Horatio Magellan Crunch |
| THOMASCOCHRANE | Admiral of the fleet, and first governor of Newfoundland; another admiral, an inspiration for Horatio Hornblower |
| APPARITION | How King Hamlet first appeared to Horatio ? |
| HALFNELSON | Wrestling hold with 50% of Sir Horatio? (4,6) |
| GATES | Horatio ?, British-born US general defeated at the Battle of Camden in 1780 |
| NELSON | Horatio? (6) |
