| AGENCIES | The first shop my niece had was in Bridgend -- within three years she'd gone on to set up a number of business organisa- tions (8) |
| STORMYWEATHER | In shop, my wife will get two articles: right number |
| LYNMOUTH | After my niece left Holt, where she lived with her second husband, she moved to a tiny place near Melksham (8) |
| STORE | Sensitive about the first shop (5) |
| EGGPLANT | Urge somebody on to set an aubergine (3-5) |
| DEFERENCE | I leave my niece - freed as a result of submission (9) |
| AMITSHAH | Home minister who mentioned the plan to redirect Indus waters to Rajasthan within three years.(Full Name) (8) |
| LEONARD | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled |
| CHESHIRE | British winner of the Victoria Cross who set up a number of Foundation Homes from 1948 for disabled exservicemen (7,8) |
| YAKETYYAK | Within three years, Kate developed a knack ___ finally! ___ for stupid talk (6-3) |
| BRACKLA | Last week, a black car was hit by the front of a lorry in an accident on our housing estate in Bridgend (7) |
| SONGS | My son, a leading songwriter who has a place in Bridgend, has written a number of musical compositions (5) |
| EGGNOGS | After my girlfriend left the Garrick's Head in Bridgend, she fell over and sustained a broken nose, drunk on creamy alcoholic drinks! (7) |
| WAGE | When these three trainees started working at a leading establishment in Bridgend, they got a surprisingly awful salary (4) |
| WESTGRIMSTEAD | This artiste lived on a mews in the centre of Bridgend but is buried in a village near Alderbury (4,9) |
| STANCE | Foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay in mountaineering; posture; or, a person's standpoint (6) |
| GJCOLES | Which retail entrepreneur opened his first shop in 1914 in Smith Street, Collingwood, using the slogan "Nothing over a shilling"? (1,1,5) |
| ANGINA | I left Axminster to go to Bridgend to visit my nan who's been unwell -- she's got a heart condition (6) |
| NETBALL | Sport in which a player must release the ball within three seconds of receiving a pass |
| PRESUMED | Supposed to have gone on to the piano |
