| PEDESTALS | Stands and ends up somehow dateless |
| SHOELACE | It goes through holes and ends up in knots |
| AMBLES | Walks through barroom and ends up among the beers (6) |
| STRAINING | Point to education and ends up working hard (9) |
| EPEE | Used in fencing and ends up in ease |
| GARDENS | They look nice and ends up in a magazine |
| ENDURES | Stands and puts up with bears |
| RECUPERATE | Cheer up, somehow, without husband to assess and improve (10) |
| GUNPOWDER | Grow up somehow and end with explosive mixture (9) |
| TERRIER | Do wrong thing in part of wedding cake and ends up in the doghouse (7) |
| OILPAINT | Clay loses head suffering from last fight and ends up on the canvas (3,5) |
| TAPWATER | One of those working in a public house gets drink that's tasteless and ends up down the drain (3,5) |
| CLEANSUP | Frees one from corruption, etc, and ends up making large profits (6,2) |
| BLACKBERRY | Pick carefully: Deep purple fruit * that often grows in thorny patches and ends up in a cobbler (or struggling mobile brand known for its QWERTY keyboard) |
| LOBSTER | What's found in one pot and ends up in another (7) |
| ORANGE | and 22ac, Age I conjure up somehow with drink (6,5) |
| JUICE | and 22ac, Age I conjure up somehow with drink (6,5) |
| SENTINEL | Soldier who stands and keeps watch (8) |
| LASSOED | Girl with big dictionary getting tied up somehow (7) |
| RANSACKS | Searches the stands and the answer lies therein |
