| BOVVER | Trouble, as some say, splitting centre of arbour |
| GAZEBO | Look over middle of arbour, somewhere shady (6) |
| PERTURB | Trouble as some champagne salesman turns up |
| BURDEN | Refrain from, as the French say, splitting stream (6) |
| INTEGER | Two for one, say, splitting place in tomb |
| NEGATION | Denial say, splitting the country (8) |
| SPRY | Nimble, mole round end of arbour (4) |
| PERGOLA | Type of arbour (7) |
| CONTRARY | ... awkward: study flat board around rear of arbour |
| GROUNDS | Son dug feverishly around east end of arbour in land surrounding mansion (7) |
| SEWED | As some say, blade did some cutting (5) |
| FREE | Unlike, as some say, any lunch? |
| SAUCEPAN | Watched range, as some say it's for cooking (8) |
| EYESORE | As some say, I observed "something ugly" |
| INGRUM | In good spirit or unknowing, as some say |
| SASS | Impertinent behaviour in America is, as some say, revealing (4) |
| BETA | Character's whisker, as some say? (4) |
| PARKA | As some say, Dorothy or Charlie's coat (5) |
| FAKIR | Religious ascetic is a sham, as some say |
| MAR | As some say, mother's ruin ... (3) |
