| BULLSEYES | Buy and sell nuts with best unwrapped sweets (5-4) |
| EARDROP | Piece of jewellery in unwrapped sweets? |
| HICKORIES | Trees bearing nuts with edible kernels and hard, smooth shells (9) |
| LUNARTIDE | Mentally derail nut with influence of the moon (5,4) |
| COALMINER | Someone picking half a nut with mint coating, herb at the centre (4,5) |
| TASTELESS | Hardy girl eats stale nuts with no flavour (9) |
| PISTACHIO | Tree having nuts with an edible green kernel (9) |
| NABATAEAN | Old Jordanian ate nuts with banana (9) |
| PICKAHOLE | Find fault with best area for the swingers to target (4,1,4) |
| FACECREAM | Expression with best part that's cosmetic (4,5) |
| FANHEATER | Hot air from this nut with an old gun (3,6) |
| JULIETCAP | Follower of India with best headgear for match |
| TOPDOLLAR | Highest fee paid for artist turning up with best mannequin |
| NEWARTIST | Coveted musical award, with "Best" |
| SETAE | Bristles, and eats nuts with energy (5) |
| OILDRUMS | Solid nuts with odd filling? Refiners use them (3,5) |
| BANANASPLIT | What has fruit and nuts with it, covering plate? |
| LUNATIC | Nuts with plum and date, nice all shelled |
| FARETHEEWELL | Parting company with best wishes for future success (4,4,4) |
| GLADRAGS | Boy with newspapers following first of girls with best clothes (4,4) |
