| EXHAUSTED | Tax he used in a way that used everything up (9) |
| LESOTHO | The tools he used in a South African kingdom (7) |
| TITO | Tax he removed with old statesman (4) |
| LESBICHES | Type of ballpoint he used in minor French ballet (3,6) |
| PANATELLA | Pat and Ena might have given everything up for a cigar (9) |
| ABSORBENT | Off round the world, soaking everything up (9) |
| BILLIARDS | Game fowl eating everything up around island (9) |
| SMELLARAT | Master criminal picking everything up must be suspect (5,1,3) |
| WELLAHEAD | Having made good progress we put everything up to capital (4,5) |
| RAPPELLED | Crazy pedaller took first place when he used a rope to get off a cliff (9) |
| BAB | W S Gilbert's childhood nickname which he used in the title of his ballads, a collection of light verse |
| RECRUITER | He used to offer a shilling a game, which performer accepts |
| OBEAH | Exotic boa he used in West Indian witchcraft (5) |
| AGATE | Ornamental stone used in a way up north |
| AVAILS | Lava is used in a way that benefits all (6) |
| SWALLOW | The name of Arthur Ransome's dinghy, which he used in his series of children's books (7) |
| HELIUM | Noble gas whose chemical symbol is He. Used in welding and rocket fuel, it is the second, lightest known element. |
| ENHANCERS | Scanner he used to see DNA sequences (9) |
| EXCHEQUER | The English treasurer sounds as though he used to play chess... (9) |
| WORKHORSE | He's used to toil, so the task is given to Dobbin (9) |
