| CUMBER | What's ultimately needed for picnic - brown hamper |
| ENCUMBER | Eastern US state linked to brown hamper (8) |
| STORMDRAIN | What's ultimately filled in downpours |
| POWDERPUFF | What's ultimately convoluted in government publicity? Patter has it? |
| BASKET | A woven container such as a creel for fish, hamper for picnic food, punnet for strawberries, skep for bees or a trug for garden produce (6) |
| EMEND | Correct orientation ultimately needed in the sea off Lebanon |
| TORCH | Light ultimately needed over covered entrance when power is cut? |
| UNDERLYING | Basic quality ultimately needed in lackey |
| RESTHOME | Mother's suffering - residence ultimately needed? (4,4) |
| TIMES | What ultimately is keeping this compiler? |
| TESTER | Canopy of trees disturbed by what, ultimately? (6) |
| TEMPLET | What ultimately supports French church is timber beam |
| ROASTS | What, ultimately, larger ovens may give you? (6) |
| UNTIL | What, ultimately, college student gets up to |
| LEAKINESS | It has a likeness confused with what ultimately the Titanic suffered from! (9) |
| PLANET | What, ultimately, is added to tree to make it grow? Earth, perhaps |
| NOTORIETY | Dishonour -- that is what ultimately no politician should have to accept (9) |
| RAIN | Occasionally realigns hamper for picnic (4) |
| HAMPER | Sometimes used for home storage when empty, a traditional wicker basket for picnic items or luxury food (6) |
| INGE | '53 Pulitzer win-ner for Picnic |
