| BRINGDOWN | Worst or best way to help a duvet-maker |
| DOWNSIZING | Activity of duvet makers? |
| BLEAKEST | Worst or best concealing security breach. (8) |
| STROBE | Worst or best flash light? (6) |
| FEWEST | Worst or best of excellent scoff (6) |
| OFALL | Worst or best conclusion? |
| LOFT | A pigeon shed; a roof space; the thickness of insulating matter in a duvet, sleeping bag or quilt; or, a warehouse/ factory converted into living space (4) |
| LENDASSISTANCE | Percival's about to stop fool finding a way to help (4,10) |
| STAID | A way to help in being a bit over-proper across |
| CHOKE | A gagging cough or retching breathless rasp, as if being asphyxiated by a globe thistle's fuzzy fibrous heart; or, a carburettor's throttle-sounding valve to help a cold engine start (5) |
| QUILT | From a word for a soft material layered between two pieces of fabric, a duvet or a patchwork coverlet (5) |
| COVERSLIP | Small glass plate placed over a specimen mounted on a microscope slide; or, a fabric case for a duvet (9) |
| ECOTOURISM | Cruise to Mexico's borders could be a way to help preserve nature (10) |
| FOREIGNAID | I'd a way to help poorer countries (7,3) |
| DIAGRAMMATICAL | Indian way to help lift it - a calm representation using drawings (14) |
| NURSE | Runs around with a way to help the sick |
| OXYGENMASK | A device connected to a cylinder designed to help a patient to breathe more easily (6,4) |
| MOODMUSIC | A prevailing feeling, light-hearted or black; or, an atmospheric playlist or ambient background track, to help a tense group relax and kick back (4,5) |
| BEST | Worst, or just the opposite? |
| STORM | Some of the worst or most inclement bad weather (5) |
