| INFODESK | Where pamphlets, directions, answers to questions, etc. might be provided in a public building: 2 wd |
| NUTSHELL | A brief answer can be provided in this case (8) |
| EVASION | Avoidance of a duty, tax, question etc; or, a prevaricating excuse (7) |
| POINTLESS | British TV quiz show in which contestants must come up with the most obscure (correct) answers to questions (9) |
| FIFTH | In the US, a witness's right not to give answers to questions under oath is called 'taking the ...' |
| ALOT | Answer to questions like "How much money you got?", in a 21 Savage song |
| BORSTAL | Correctional facility where characters breaking into flats, robbing etc., might be sent down |
| SOLIDS | Cubes, prisms, spheres, etc., might be smelling on board (6) |
| SPECTACLE | Different places etc. might be worth seeing (9) |
| SIDEBAR | Lawyers' conference, where additional information might be provided |
| USERNAME | A password might be provided with one |
| SULPHATES | Salts might be provided with plush seat (9) |
| NOYES | Poet giving contradictory answers to question |
| VISITORSBOOK | A record in a public building in which people write their names and addresses and any comments about the place (8,4) |
| ATRIUM | Large entrance hall In a public building often with a glass roof (6) |
| POWDERINGROOM | A woman's toilet in a public building (9,4) |
| CONCOURSE | Large open space in a public building (9) |
| FOYER | Lobby in a public building |
| PORTERSLODGE | A room near the entrance of a public building such as a college occupied by its caretaker (7,5) |
| PRISON | What is a public building for the confinement of criminals, etc (6) |