| EPISTLES | Written in spite of young Leslie bringing them to a close (8) |
| HURTLES | Collides violently in such a way as to injure young Leslie (7) |
| DAMOSEL | Mother love reformed young Leslie and the girl (7) |
| EPITHETS | Insults article written in spite after a breakup (8) |
| LOWERING | Scowling, having lost capital - it's bringing them down |
| TWITCHER | Word, from the nervous feather-ruffled demeanour of avian enthusiast Howard Medhurst, for an often excitable or anxiously anticipative ornithologist, particularly keen to sight scarce birds in order t |
| INTIMATE | Drop a hint to a close acquaintance (8) |
| DECEMBER | Despite its focus on the future, New Year's Eve falls in this month, bringing the old year to a close |
| ASCENDED | While century drew to a close, was upwardly mobile (8) |
| SPLENDID | Fantastic swims going west around lake draw to a close (8) |
| OFFENDED | Resentful, unwell, brought things to a close (8) |
| CONCLUDE | Bring to a close (8) |
| SHORTCUT | Hairdresser's quicker way to a close crop? (5,3) |
| ROUNDOFF | Bring to a close bad news for golfers? (5,3) |
| EPISTLE | It's written in spite of the French (7) |
| REEF | Facilitate eager outsiders bringing them over to a good place to see marine life |
| CLAPPER | One gives a hand in bringing them together |
| LUMBERJACKS | Those who fell trees, cut them into logs, or transport them to a sawmill (especially in North America) (11) |
| YCHROMOSOMES | One of them to a cell is the norm among monks (1-11) |
| CHALET | Cheat 50 Romans by sending them to a hut in Switzerland (6) |
