| FMAJ | To which a C7 may resolve |
| EXTRATIME | What examinees may appreciate - what may resolve a tie (5,4) |
| UNDO | A party at Manhattan may resolve the trouble (4) |
| CAVEMAN | A modern male of primitive ways (coll) C7) |
| CASTINGVOTE | Putting slip in ballot box ___ it may resolve a moot point (7,4) |
| STRAIGHTENOUT | It may resolve one's problems to unbend when away from home (10,3) |
| VICE | Habit one may resolve to give up at New Year's |
| OTS | They may resolve |
| TNT | C7-H5-N3-O6 familiarly |
| EDWIN | C7 king of Northumbria |
| MANDREL | A spindle in a lathe to which a workpiece is fixed while being turned; a jeweller's tapering triblet on which rings are shaped or sized; or, a miner's pick (7) |
| JULIENNE | French culinary term referring to a portion of vegetables cut into matchstick-sized pieces as a garnish; or, a consomme to which a mixture of said allumette has been added (8) |
| PRONG | A tine or spike to which a branch of a river, part of a trifurcate attack/plan, point of an antler and spur of a mountain are likened (5) |
| TOOTH | A dent or pearly white to which a cog of a wheel, tine of a comb or jag of a leaf/saw/shell is likened (5) |
| HUMBUG | A hoax, sham or trick; an imposter; a lump of toffee; a black-and-white peppermint drop to which a stripy wild boarlet is likened; or, nonsense, such as Christmas, according to Dickens's curmudgeon ca |
| BOOM | Spar to which a sail is fastened on a ship to control its position relative to the wind (4) |
| METIER | A profession or a thing to which a person has a calling (6) |
| APPLEPIE | A pudding of Bramleys or other cookers baked under a pastry crust, to which a bed prepared as a practical joke is likened (5,3) |
| ARM | A bodily brachium to which a branch, inlet, octopus tentacle, side of a chair or a sleeve is likened (3) |
| SADDLE | An equestrian settle to which a col, a cut of hare/lamb/mutton, an earthworm's clitellum, a fowl's back, a lathe's carriage and many other seat-like things are likened (6) |
