| COOLASACUCUMBER | Unflustered way a gherkin may remove the heat (4,2,1,8) |
| OPENER | It may remove the cap of the first batsman (6) |
| UNARM | Remove the heat? |
| GOOSEBERRYGOURD | What a gherkin is |
| PICKLE | Brine, spiced vinegar or other liquor in which food is preserved; the fruit, vegetable or relish so prepared; a gherkin; a jam, mess, muddle or plight; or, a mischievous child (6) |
| DILLPICKLE | A vinegar-soused herb-infused cucumber transformed into the pantry delight also called a gherkin (4,6) |
| CUCUMBER | A gherkin is a small variety of this salad vegetable |
| HIGHERRANKS | Upper echelons upset by a rash from a gherkin reaction (6,5) |
| KITCHENGARDENER | One growing e.g. peas at home rated nice gherkin I missed stupidly (7,8) |
| PICKLED | Drunk (as a gherkin?) (7) |
| ROLLMOP | Marinated herring fillet wrapped around a gherkin or onion |
| PAGANINI | Violinist's sandwich including a gherkin initially (8) |
| TWIG | A golfer may remove it from the green before putting |
| STRIPPER | It may remove a coat, while she removes everything (8) |
| ERASER | It may remove a major error |
| SPOCKPLUGS | Parts that a doctor may remove - from his car? |
| SPOT | What a carpet cleaner may remove |
| ELI | Nickname that may remove -jah or -sha from the full name |
| ALCOHOL | Henry's coming in unflustered after a litre - lager, perhaps |
| WALLY | Dialect for a pickled cucumber or gherkin; a mild insult meaning "fool"; or, a bespectacled figure wearing a red-and-white stripy jumper, hidden in a series of picture puzzles (5) |
