| HIDEBOUND | Traditionalist nomadic Bedouin assuming the mantle of husband |
| PELISSE | The mantle of sleep is (7) |
| PERIDOTITE | Forced from the mantle to the surface... Igneous rock of 'The Tablelands' of Gros Morne National Park, in Newfoundland |
| CRUST | Pastry edge of a pie, pasty or quiche; outer part of a loaf or slice of bread/toast; or, Earth's layer above the mantle (5) |
| GOINGUNDER | Assuming the name of, when the business is flopping (5,5) |
| LITHOSPHERE | Crust and upper mantle of the earth in which earthquakes may originate |
| TOGA | Tale of grotesque atrocities starts with a mantle of responsibility (4) |
| TUNICIN | Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates (7) |
| MOHO | Boundary between the Earth's crust and the mantle (4) |
| MAGMA | Material produced when rocks in the mantle or the crust melt |
| DUTERTE | After assuming the presidency of the Philippines in 2016, he launched a deadly "war on drugs" |
| BIGCHEESE | One assuming the lead in "The Mousetrap"? (3,6) |
| EXPIRATION | Coming to an end of atonement, assuming the lead in reparations |
| ATHENIAN | A Scotsman assuming the name of a place in Greece |
| HOUSEHUSBAND | Man assuming the traditional role of a housewife (12) |
| LENTO | Shed sheds mantle of autumn, slowly (5) |
| IVIES | I contended with a mantle of clinging stuff (5) |
| IVIED | I contended with a mantle of clinging stuff (5) |
| MONARCHIST | The traditionalist foe of the Republican particularly in Australia |
| TAKEAPHOTOGRAPH | Pinch an old pic off the mantle? |
