| DIPLOMACY | Tact or skill in dealing with people (9) |
| TACT | Skill in dealing with people |
| RIGOR | Strictness in dealing with people |
| BUSHCRAFT | Practical knowledge in dealing with living in wild, uncultivated areas, especially in Australia (9) |
| WOODCRAFT | Collective experience and knowledge in camping, fishing, hunting and other outdoor pursuits for sustaining survival in forested habitats; or, skill in caring for trees (9) |
| WANDERERS | Andrew's about to have little hesitation in dealing with nomads (9) |
| AGONYAUNT | Woman in a newspaper dealing with people's personal problems (5,4) |
| POSTNATAL | Retired worker involved in dealing with mail after delivery |
| TACTICIAN | Strategist recommends discretion in dealings with CIA (9) |
| GAUCHERIE | Lack of tact or grace of manner (9) |
| RESCUABLE | Copper in dealing with fur is not wholly lost (9) |
| ATLANTIC | Alistair used tact in dealing with large body (8) |
| LEARN | Acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience. (5) |
| DELICACY | Fineness of structure or texture; fragile or graceful beauty; a dainty morsel or special culinary luxury; tact; or, the need for said propriety (8) |
| OFMICEANDMEN | Dealing with people with computer devices? That's novel |
| BANANAREPUBLIC | Exclude an area dealing with people in unstable state (6,8) |
| TOUGHONCRIME | Severe in dealing with wrongdoers (5,2,5) |
| THINKS | Uses one's loaf in dealing with ink stains |
| CUGY | Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others. |
| TACTLESS | Lacking sensitivity in dealing with others |
