| RETRIEVERS | Theirs are but dogsbodies' chores to claim the game. (10) |
| ENTITLED | It gave one the right to claim the championship, in the end (8) |
| RICHMOND | In 4.4, Lord Stanley conveys to King Richard that another royal personage is on his way to claim the crown. Who is this royal personage? |
| AMERICAN | A whitewashing rain came to claim the plains as one nation. (8) |
| DENIER | Shows how thick stockings are, but he refuses to accept the evidence |
| GOPHERS | The office dogsbodies, it's said, are like small burrowing animals (7) |
| PSYCHICS | They claim the ability to see the future (8) |
| SCHERZO | Abandoned chores to digest Berlioz's last composition |
| TOAMAN | How women would like household chores to be assigned, without exception (2,1,3) |
| ALLEGE | Claim the woman returned the two keys |
| MAINTAIN | Claim the deep brown one, on the inside (8) |
| PETROCHEMICAL | Representatives, primarily in OPEC, claim the refined output of the refining process (13) |
| TOYS | 'All our joys/Are but ___': Thomas Campion |
| HORACE | "We are but dust and shadow" writer |
| RETORTED | Said "I know you are, but what am I?," e.g. |
| ETC | "Those are but a few examples" |
| KNOW | "I ___ you are but what am I?" |
| UNO | "___ reverse!" (updated slang for "I know you are but what am I") |
| YOU | "I know ___ are, but what am I?" |
| STINGY | Smart you initially are but mean (6) |
