| TINDALL | Boss of Zara Home, perhaps, can initially deal with everything (7) |
| COVERTHEGROUND | Deal with everything necessary to minimise effect of rain at cricket match? (5,3,6) |
| GRASPTHENETTLE | Grey snake with defective teeth let nobody initially deal with the problem (5,3,6) |
| FIRST | Initially deal with seemingly endless strife! (5) |
| ALCOPOP | Drink in a large can initially works (7) |
| MELODIC | Sweet-sounding accordion doesn't keep time, but I can initially follow (7) |
| TOTTING | Youngster can initially grasp one element of arithmetic? |
| CALYPSO | Folk song can initially play so freshly (7) |
| AFRICAN | Nigerian perhaps can be after fair treatment (7) |
| PETTING | Deeply personal feeling in fat cat, perhaps can end in sacking (5,7) |
| FEATHER | Though ticklish, perhaps, can be taken lightly (7) |
| LATINOS | Mexicans perhaps can split SE Asian country (7) |
| ANDSOON | Easy terms can initially mean there's more to come |
| SHOWDOG | Prove setter perhaps can be best in class, eventually (4,3) |
| WHITING | Manx cat can initially get fish |
| BUNTING | Cake can initially gratify bird |
| BONANZA | Windfall has Grandma Zara primarily wearing feathery scarf (7) |
| MIKETINDALL | England rugby union star and husband of Zara Phillips (4,7) |
| VICKY | Kaushal of Zara Hatke Zara Bachke |
| DANIEL | ___ Granger, father of Zara Carmichael's baby in Doctors (6) |
