| WITHTHENAKEDEYE | Without assistance of telescope or spectacles presumably (4,3,5,3) |
| GREECE | Country's emergence developed without assistance of men (6) |
| LENS | Telescope or spectacle part |
| DOINDEPENDENTLY | Perform without assistance |
| VIEWS | From the Latin for "to see", sights or spectacles of natural scenery etc taken in by the ocelli; works of art depicting said vistas; or, opinions (5) |
| LORGNETTE | From French for "squint" or "ogle", a pair or jumelle of opera glasses or spectacles, mounted on a handle (9) |
| PIER | Type of jetty as a landing stage, breakwater, or promenade; support for a telescope; or, a buttress (4) |
| FRAMES | Surrounds for photographs, paintings or spectacles; embroidery tambours; or, sections of beehives designed to hold honeycombs (6) |
| SHOW | Country fair for the exhibit of dogs, handicrafts, horses, home-grown flowers/vegetables etc; a stage musical or play; or, an impressive display or spectacle (4) |
| EQUAL | Peer through end of telescope with no end of misgiving |
| REFRACTOR | A type of telescope that uses optical lenses instead of mirrors (9) |
| EYEGLASS | Monocle, or spectacles in plural (8) |
| TORTOISESHELL | Mottled cat or spectacles (13) |
| PHENOMENA | Guys, a fancy phone first, or spectacles? (9) |
| EXTENDABLE | Like a telescope or a radio antenna |
| LONER | A person who avoids the company or assistance of others. |
| INHOUSE | Without the assistance of an external company |
| AEOLIAN | Fix odd bits of opera, making comeback with assistance of the wind |
| AID | Come to assistance of some of the raiders (3) |
| GLASS | A barometer, beaker, goblet, lens, mirror, monocle, sand timer, telescope or watch face, each named for the vitreous crystal-like substance from which they are traditionally made (5) |
