| CONTEXT | Study works, and what they relate to |
| CONSOLIDATE | Make firm study works for one partner (11) |
| MOTORWAYS | How engines work and what to travel on (9) |
| OPENUNIVERSITY | Where to study work by English sister? It is very bad (4,10) |
| WENTUNDERCOVER | Did some spy work ... and what parts of four answers did in this grid |
| SANDWICHCOURSES | Alternating study/work programmes (8,7) |
| ONTHECLOCK | Getting paid for work, and what an element of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 49-Across may be |
| SEMIOTICS | Study of signs and symbols, especially as they relate to the world of ideas (9) |
| PENS | They relate to this puzzle's title, and can follow the first word of 20-, 31-, 40-, and 52-Acoss |
| CASTEPOLITICS | Hindu social classes as they relate to government affairs |
| STORYTELLERS | They relate to their audience (12) |
| PEOPLEPEOPLE | They relate well to others |
| TOILS | Works and works and works |
| CARGO | Wheels, what they do, and what they carry? |
| ESCAPEKEYS | What prisoners may want and what they won't be given: they get depressed |
| STOPGAPS | Acting managers and what they say to leaky defences? (8) |
| CAST | Actors, and what they want to be (4) |
| NOTABLES | VIPs and what they hate to hear when booking dinner |
| RETRENCH | Sappers, and what they may make to reduce costs |
| SPANNER | Put this in the works and Anne has the right to go to her bookie (7) |
