| TAIL | What frogs lack in comparison with salamanders or newts |
| ELIXIRS | Ilex is brewed with salamander's tail to make potions (7) |
| AMPHIBIAN | General name for a cold-blooded vertebrate of a class comprising frogs, toads, newts and salamanders; or, a type of vehicle for use on land or water (9) |
| EFTS | Orange-red terrestrial juvenile newts prior to metamorphosing into aquatic adults; or, newts generally (4) |
| ONETOED | Like some salamanders or sloths |
| EXAM | One of the 1 Across or NEWTs, in Harry Potter (4) |
| CROAK | What frogs do when they depart? (5) |
| STRANGER | What, in the proverb, truth is held to be in comparison with fiction |
| UNIQUE | Standing alone in comparison with others (6) |
| CANDLE | Light held in comparison with ... (6) |
| CAMBRIDGEBLUE | Athlete light in comparison with opposition |
| BRASSIERE | Support saxophone's note in comparison with clarinet's, say |
| IMMOBILE | Crowd, in comparison with absent leader, is rooted |
| RATE | Be placed in comparison with others |
| ROUT | Complete defeat for May in comparison with Mary (4) |
| OFITSKIND | In comparison with other similar items (2,3,4) |
| THANKING | In comparison with King, being grateful (8) |
| SPRAYPAINTING | How a printing works pays in comparison with another occupation (5,8) |
| PALES | ___ in comparison with (can't hold a candle to) |
| OAKIER | How one barrel-aged wine might taste in comparison with another |
