| DEHYDRATE | They dared, surprisingly, to dry up (9) |
| EXSICCATE | Ordered chiefs of Taxes, Customs and Excise to dry up! (9) |
| DESICCATE | Daughter eats ice cream, initially is prepared to dry up (9) |
| TROUSSEAU | Surprisingly to us, a sure sign of future union |
| MORATORIA | Surprisingly to a Maori, river freezes |
| DETOX | Place to dry up |
| PARCH | Copper's crafty to dry up (5) |
| WITHE | Bit of willow to dry up almost entirely (5) |
| TEACLOTH | Employed to dry up after drink with the clergy (3,5) |
| SHRIVEL | Mum's cooked liver is to dry up (7) |
| PLUTARCH | Biographer has to dry up about reformer when lady's left |
| ENSEAR | Shakespearean term for to dry up (6) |
| TURBOTS | Fish to dry up on top of soil (7) |
| TURBOT | Fish needing to dry up (6) |
| SCORCH | Limited account by companion getting to dry up (6) |
| WITHER | Accompanied by, returned to dry up (6) |
| RIA | Flooded valley to dry up (3) |
| READYUP | Become prepared to dry up around mid-meal (5,2) |
| TEATOWEL | What sucker would use old source, briefly, that's got to dry up? |
| WASHERDRYERS | Within hours says yes, surprisingly, to giving prize, perhaps, to multi-tasking appliances |
