| FURNITURE | Tables etc initially required, not included in future |
| REBUS | Enigmatic depiction included in future business (5) |
| MINESWEEPER | In the main, clearer workings on minor school subject initially required |
| ORCHESTRATION | Terrible chore initially required in base - 15's job? |
| ORDERED | Went along, though not initially required |
| OILY | Greasy plate's protection not initially required (4) |
| ADMINISTRATE | Manage publicity initially required in small country? |
| SESAME | Seed, sperm etc: initially there's no difference (6) |
| PDAS | Mall smooching, etc., initially |
| UNESCO | United Nations agency to promote education etc, initially (6) |
| DARE | Be bold enough to drop any reserves, etc, initially (4) |
| CARE | Tend to look after children and relatives, etc, initially (4) |
| WARE | Scots word for springtime or seaweed; a hunt cry for "watch out"; pottery, as in Delft or Wedgwood; or, in combining form with iron, kitchen, table etc, a term for manufactured articles of a specified |
| NEST | Set of tables, etc (4) |
| BUS | Pour water, clear tables, etc. |
| GRAPHICS | Diagrams, tables etc (8) |
| LAZYSUSAN | Revolving tray placed on dining tables, etc, for serving food |
| FLUESTOPS | Possibly felt opus by Saint-Saens initially required organ parts (4,5) |
| INERT | Still ship won't start - tug initially required |
| AIRPORT | Perhaps John Lennon tune - piano or trumpet initially required |
