| KNEW | Was acquainted with said novel (4) |
| NEW | Was acquainted with said novel (3) |
| WASH | Word, sharing its root with "water", for a cleanse/rinse with said H2O (4) |
| ROLE | Part with said register (4) |
| LASH | The end of a whip; a stripe or swipe administered with said scourge; a flick or sweep; or, a stroke of satire (4) |
| HOOF | The corneous part of an equid's ungula; an animal with said trotter; or, facetiously, a person's foot (4) |
| KNEWMOON | *Was acquainted with rock drummer Keith? |
| GNU | Was acquainted with an antelope? |
| NEWSY | Full of gossip, was acquainted with, say, Seychelles (5) |
| PRALINE | Nut confection named after a French duke who inspired his chef to invent it; or, a chocolate filled with said nutty sweetmeat or with fondant (7) |
| VERMOUTH | From "wormwood", a variety of wine traditionally flavoured with said plant along with other aromatic botanicals and herbs (8) |
| MASALA | From "mixture, ingredients", an Indian spice blend with a name similar to a sherry-like Sicilian wine; or, a dish of food or cup of chai prepared with said aromatic potpourri (6) |
| BADGES | Emblems or episemons; brooches charged with said insignias; distinctive facial features of brocks, hence said burrowers' common name; or, distinguishing marks generally (6) |
| LARCENIST | Thief left with said fire-raiser (9) |
| TACKS | Nails with said levy (5) |
| ASSENT | Agree with said rise (6) |
| DISAPPEAR | Vanish with said paper unexpectedly (9) |
| OVERSEAS | Finished with said witnesses abroad (8) |
| RESOLUTE | Bold Rose played with said stolen goods (8) |
| DUTIFUL | Obedient with said task almost complete (7) |
