| TAIWANESE | Wait a second, in short, need detailed composition of the subject (9) |
| ANECDOTE | Story short, need taco badly (8) |
| CHEMICALELEMENT | He's the second, in short (8,7) |
| CAPRICCIO | Composition of the month? I see that's also going around in Colombia (9) |
| GEOLOGIST | Scientist who studies the origin, history, structure and composition of the earth (9) |
| STRUCTURE | The composition of the crust - true! (9) |
| CALADIUMS | Several angel-wings - the genus of which is one of the subjects of this week's Miscellany! (9) |
| METERMAID | Occupation of the subject of the Beatles song Lovely Rita (5,4) |
| ASSISTANT | Help a new model to be a second in command (9) |
| RECONDITE | Almost a second in, the ceremony became profound (9) |
| ONEMOMENT | Please wait a second! (3,6) |
| OPPRESSES | Is more than master of the subject? (9) |
| MINIATURE | With roses, this (or these) are one of the subjects of this week's Miscellany! (9) |
| INTRINSIC | Essential to get home by train, leaving behind a second-in-command (9) |
| BIGBOPPER | One of the subjects of Don McLean's "American Pie" |
| KOALABEAR | Iconic tree-dweller of the subject country |
| DOWNUNDER | Nickname of the subject country |
| GEOLOGY | The scientific study of the origin, history, structure and composition of the Earth (7) |
| BERRY | Technically, a fleshy fruit produced from a single ovary makes the second part of the subject of this week's Miscellany (5) |
| BILLOFRIGHTS | English constitutional settlement of 1689 entitled An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown (4,2,6) |
