| GROUNDSWELL | Tide of public opinion might keep toff at home? (11) |
| CROSSFIRE | Lively exchange of opinions might make one angry before launch (9) |
| GENTIAN | Toff at home holding a flower (7) |
| FATHOM | Some toff at home is six feet |
| STREAM | A rivulet of running water, thus a drift of same-aged schoolchildren, flow of thought, river of data, surge of words, tide of people or trickle of money (6) |
| CREASEY | John, author of the novels The Toff at Butlin's and Go Away Death (7) |
| DEBATE | Discuss young toff at Eton losing a lot of weight (6) |
| KNOB | A toff at the King's Head, maybe on the door (4) |
| ENDING | Caring toff at the climax (6) |
| GALLUP | George ?, US founder of the American Institute of Public Opinion (6) |
| POLL | Analysis of public opinion on registering of votes (4) |
| SWATHE | A large amount of land, or often now, of public opinion |
| NEAP | One appearance of the tide of smallest range (4) |
| CRIMEWAVE | Part of the tide of lawlessness? (9) |
| OPINIONPOLLS | Assessments of public opinion by questioning a representative sample, especially as the basis for forecasting the results of voting (7,5) |
| TIDALWAVE | Huge movement of public opinion is potential disaster, naturally |
| SOUNDINGBOARD | Is it a test of public opinion getting feedback from The Plank? (8,5) |
| VOXPOP | Informal survey of public opinion (Latin) (3,3) |
| POLLSTER | One who carries out and examines tests of public opinion (8) |
| PLIMSOLLS | Samplings of public opinion about the new slim shoes (9) |
