| TECHNIC | Unusual niche in training college at first for practical skill |
| SANDHURST | Training college at Camberley, Surrey, for officers for the British army (9) |
| SKATEONTHINICE | Be in a difficult situation caused by hesitation Ken developed over college at first (5,2,4,3) |
| TEACH | Drill middle man in training college (5) |
| SEMINARY | Training college for training miner, say (8) |
| ALCOVE | From Arabic for "vault", an arched niche in a room; or, a shady retreat, such as a bower or summerhouse or a recess in a garden hedge/wall, provided with seats (6) |
| KNOWLEDGE | Practical skill grand at present, left to move sideways (9) |
| HENDON | Women-only party at new police training college (6) |
| SEMINARIAN | Member of a training college for priests |
| SPECTATE | Watch training college in predicament (8) |
| EFFECTIVELY | In a competent style for practical purposes? (11) |
| CAPRI | Charlie has a day for practical jokes in Italian island (5) |
| PLUS | Advantage in coats for practical users (4) |
| APRILFOOLSDAY | First of the fourth month, known for practical jokes (5,5,3) |
| RECESS | An alcove or niche in a wall; a nook; a cessation of business; or, a US term for a school breaktime (6) |
| MIHRAB | A niche in the wall of a mosque marking the direction of Mecca (6) |
| TABERNACLE | Thanks to bishop, new cleaner gets niche in church |
| UNHYGIENIC | Squalid niche in guy's building (10) |
| APSE | Apes are seen to have a niche in church (4) |
| PARTISAN | Inclining to one side like the Leaning Tower, needing an injection of practical skill |
