| VARIFOCAL | Told to change it and use Irish word for this type of lens |
| ZENMASTERS | Q: See title A: "Two--one to change it and one not to change it" |
| WIDE | As I've said, surely there's no reason to suspend this type of lens (4-5) |
| ASPHERIC | In this type of lens, chips are repaired (8) |
| WIELD | How I weld it and use it to advantage |
| FREAKOUT | Take this clue number, change it and lose your mind! (5,3) |
| VERSE | First of Vikings to use Irish to write poetry (5) |
| COERCE | Compel firm to use Irish, we hear (6) |
| NOLAN | The occasional envoy learns to use Irish name |
| OXTER | A Scottish and Irish word for the axilla (5) |
| BANSHEES | Creatures named after the Old Irish word for "woman of the fairy mound" |
| CHAPTERANDVERSE | Fellow dissects verdant Irish word for word (7,3,5) |
| CRAIC | Irish word for gossip, fun, entertainment and enjoyable conversation (5) |
| PUFFIN | Known as the "clown of the sea" and thus collectively as a circus, an auk found on the Farne Islands and Shetland as well as on Lundy, the island that derived its name from the Norse word for this bir |
| TORY | Political label derived from an Irish word for "outlaw" |
| BAWN | An Irish word for a cattle fort or a fortified enclosure around a castle (4) |
| SPAG | Irish word for a foot, particularly a big one. (4) |
| AGOODTALKINGTO | OK again ___ got told to change during this (1,4,7-2) |
| CONCAVE | Conservative with word of warning referring to type of lens |
| LOUGH | Irish word for lake (5) |