| SIMONNEMEC | This Devils D-man, chosen with the very next pick, also hails from Slovakia |
| MEPHISTOPHELES | This devil will shatter the simple hopes (14) |
| LASTCHRISTMAS | Holiday standard with the line "But the very next day you gave it away" |
| PEN | "The very next blessing Mary had, it was the blessing of ten:/To think that her Son, Jesus, could write without a -" (3) |
| HEART | *"It" in "...but the very next day you gave it away" |
| CAT | Beast that came back the very next day |
| EXTREMELY | Very next theorem barely needing only the last three terms |
| TERRITORY | Slip with the very thing before over in Test ground |
| GOLDSMITH | Oliver ?, author of stage plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man (9) |
| SEDIMENT | Enid's met with the very dregs of them (8) |
| PASTIT | Father has way with the very thing despite being over his best (4,2) |
| DABBLE | With the very soft pencil lead about to break, don't work too hard! (6) |
| SHORE | With four Hart Trophy wins, he has won MVP honors more than any other D-man |
| SUTER | Current Stars D-man and the son of a late 'Miracle on Ice' member |
| LASTMINUTE | Continue in force with the very tiny and final period of time (4,6) |
| NEWSREADERS | Rewards seen as unfair by those with the very latest (11) |
| SKODA | Car from Slovakia with advanced exhaust set up? |
| ELECTRICEEL | Fish chosen with a side dish by the Spanish |
| COHESIVENESS | Curiously Eve is chosen with son to show unity (12) |
| CZECH | - Republic, country which separated from Slovakia in 1993, capital Prague (5) |
