| LAURELANDHARDY | Comic duo are in tree and able to endure the cold (6,3,5) |
| GUARD | Reindeer are able to endure the cold because they have two coats of hair. One soft undercoat and a top coat that has long, stiff ___ hairs which are hollow. |
| STUDIO | The way duo are playing with one at recording venue (6) |
| NEAREST | Most within range are in tree-house (7) |
| ACCUSER | Copper's hiding in tree and he's pointing the finger |
| ONHEARING | Hark! Chirping, cooing in tree and soft sun represented in this piece? (2,7,3,5,6,2,6) |
| MISUNDERSTOOD | Performing modernist duos are not appreciated (13) |
| BLAST | It's the second character to endure the explosion (5) |
| PATIENCE | What's needed to endure the tedious opera |
| BEINTHESAMEBOAT | Row with each other, having to endure the same hardships? |
| SINGLEBOUND | The lead-in to the TV series announced Superman to be "Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings at a ..." (6,5) |
| BLOCKHEATER | Force you to endure the frigid weather? |
| TOLERANCE | Ability to endure the permitted variation (9) |
| OUTLAST | Able to endure being the final batsman to go (7) |
| ABSORBENT | Off around the world perhaps and able to soak in the sun? |
| HARDY | Frank the Australian writer able to endure pain |
| LAUREL | Noted member of old comic duo in tree (6) |
| CLEMENT | Jemaine, half of the New Zealand comic duo Flight of the Conchords (7) |
| INCOMMUNICADO | Unable to reach funny man in comic duo (13) |
| STAN | First name of one half of the comic duo Laurel and Hardy (4) |
