| CONFIDANTE | Such a reliable woman we must find at once and employ |
| FEATHERWEIGHTS | Boxers worry that woman, we must interrupt brawls (14) |
| ABIDER | Doesn't a bride become such a reliable one through thick and thin. (6) |
| REDBRICK | Oxford finds Ruby from 18 across is such a reliable person locally (8) |
| HYENA | A drunken woman we hear with a beastly laugh (5) |
| CRAMBO | Guessing game involving quick thinking in which a player gives a word to which another must find a rhyme (6) |
| ROSTRUM | One must find love in a Rolls or on a platform (7) |
| BEWITCH | To enthral a malicious woman we held back (7) |
| TOWER | Word for a structure such as a turret, used in a phrase referring to a reliable, strong person or "rock" (5) |
| WONDER | Fetch up some wine at once and meditate (6) |
| EXTOLLED | Rang at once and said how good it was |
| GNAT | Resign at once and come out, you insect! (4) |
| MULATTO | Seen to moult at once and then go lightly brown |
| THENANDTHERE | Has to come at once, and in the right place (4,3,5) |
| ENTREATS | Enters at once and implores them to follow (8) |
| AGITATED | Aged it at once and that really shook them up (8) |
| ATTIRES | Wearies at once and puts it on |
| MICHELLE | _ Yeoh, actor whose films include Everything Everywhere All at Once and Tomorrow Never Dies (8) |
| AMUSEMENTS | At sea, seamen must find diversions (10) |
| AIRLANE | In a real panic, must find route (3,4) |
