| BILLIARDTABLE | Will criminal triad with brains potter around this? |
| BRAHMA | Creator god in Hinduism, forming a triad with Vishnu (the Preserver) and Shiva (the Destroyer) (6) |
| DIARIST | One keeping records is held by criminal triad (7) |
| INDOCTRINATED | Criminal triad I contend is brainwashed (13) |
| REPUTATION | You potter around with Ian in station (10) |
| CLAY | Potter around with it, the artificial target (4) |
| DOULTON | Potter around at last with French Riviera city temperature dropping 3 degrees (7) |
| INTELLECT | I spin cent around to relate with brains (9) |
| CEREBRA | Cover with wax cupholder with brains (7) |
| DRABBLE | Writer to potter around river (7) |
| DABBLE | Potter around in gorge surrounding hostelry (6) |
| TREETOP | Harry Potter, around fifth in series, achieving elevated position |
| DEPARTMENTSTORE | Tradesmen potter around a big shop (10,5) |
| UNPRONOUNCEABLE | Does this explain how difficult it is to get one's tongue around this? It's hard to say! (15) |
| REP | Theatre people seen around this? (3) |
| MAYPOLE | Might European dance around this? (7) |
| ORCHESTRA | Working score to capture hearts - skill around this? (9) |
| OUIJABOARD | European OKs food and spirits expected around this? (5,5) |
| COWPAT | Wife quietly wearing fur, treading carefully around this? (6) |
| LOAF | Word for a batch, bloomer, boule or other baked block of bread, synonymous with brains/sense, due to "bread" rhyming with "head" (4) |
