| SOWSEAR | You can't make a silk purse out of it, they say |
| EAR | You can't make a silk purse out of this part of a sow, according to the proverb |
| SOW | You cannot make a silk purse out of the ear of this animal |
| FROMABOARSEAR | * You can't make a silk purse ______ |
| PURSE | You can't make a silk one out of a sow's ear! (5) |
| ASILK | "You can't make ___ purse out of..." |
| TANKS | Alicedale women say they get water but can't keep much of it. They can't afford ...? (5) |
| LEEKS | Breaches of confidentiality, by the sound of it - they could be in the soup! (5) |
| ASOW | "... purse out of ___'s ear" |
| REDSKYATNIGHT | A crooked man is very pleased to see it, they say (3,3,2,5) |
| REST | A change is as good as it, they say |
| CALVES | Cuts up the joints, by the sound of it - they provide tender meat (6) |
| CELLARS | By the sound of it, they auction off underground rooms (7) |
| TEAM | There's no "I" in it, they say |
| AUNATUREL | In the raw, French cut their tipple with it, they say (2,7) |
| THELAW | No one is above it, they say |
| TASTE | There's no accounting for it, they say |
| UGLI | Fruit tastes good but doesn't look like it they say |
| ART | Earth is just 'eh" without it, they say |
| DIALTONESOUT | Reason you can't make a call? |
