| THOMAS | Zero in maths worried Hardy, for one |
| ORIOLE | J. J. Hardy, for one |
| DUO | Laurel and Hardy, for one |
| INFINITESIMAL | Value approaching zero, in maths (13) |
| CARLYLE | After revision, zero in maths clearly upset essayist and social critic (6,7) |
| OLIVERTWIST | Novel from Hardy, for example, with surprise ending (6,5) |
| IDOL | Show recently won by Laine Hardy, for short |
| OLI | Laurel's buddy Hardy, for short |
| EDS | Sheeran and Hardy, for two |
| TIMESTABLE | Period fixed for something to be learnt in maths |
| NUMERAL | Note hesitations by a learner, one involved in maths? |
| TRIVIAL | Rival, it turns out, with zero value in maths (7) |
| NUMERACY | In New York, university cream broadcast skill in maths |
| NILPOTENT | In maths, a ___ equals zero when multiplied by itself |
| LEMMA | In maths, a theorem proved to help to prove another one |
| CUISENAIRERODS | Aids in RE course? Wrong - they are used in maths classes |
| HYPHEN | Mark joining words in literature or representing minus in maths (6) |
| SOLUTIONSET | In maths, the values satisfying one or more equations or inequalities |
| TINYTOTS | First lesson in maths for infants? (4,4) |
| EXTREMA | Small printing unit in addition has a number of functions in maths class (7) |
