| HIGHEREDUCATION | Category for this grid's top 3 rows, but not its bottom row |
| COARSE | Hardly 3 rows among Anglicans (6) |
| ARGUE | Row - but not in a skiff! (5) |
| QUARREL | To row - but not using oars! (7) |
| DEPTH | Distance from the top to the bottom, as in a spade from the top of its blade down to its bottom edge (5) |
| LONDON | The Luftwaffe carried out its first - but not its last - bombing raid on this English city on August |
| ACTON | Follow first part of play, but not its end (3,2) |
| HAIRY | A descriptor for a rat's body, perhaps, but not its tail |
| JAR | You might have to hit its bottom to unscrew its top |
| SPAT | Had this little row but it's all in the past (4) |
| ROCKERY | Garden feature seen in China - but not its capital |
| EIGHT | Cube's dimension, but not its abbreviated form (5) |
| GETTY | "The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights" speaker |
| CATTRALL | Actress in "Sex and the City," but not its reboot, "And Just Like That . . ." |
| AGUE | Fit to have a row, but run out (4) |
| TROWEL | Let it be put in the row but use the tool provided |
| DISOWN | Set seed in a row, but don't assert any proprietary right (6) |
| ETNA | Some forget Naples but not its volcano |
| DOC | MD (a pair of which are found in three rows of this puzzle) |
| PEOPLECARRIER | A motor vehicle, often with three rows of seats for passengers (6,7) |
