| BACKOFF | Defender of faith originally to withdraw |
| FATHOMED | Defender of faith, holding 2 3, did the plumbing (8) |
| TROTH | Faith originally held by communist (5) |
| BEACON | Fire on a hill originally to give warning of an approaching enemy; or, an aid to navigation at sea such as a buoy or lighthouse (6) |
| LAMBAST | Originally, "to thrash", now "to scold" |
| TELEMETRY | Meet, originally to get the Spanish to attempt readings (9) |
| HARASS | Misuse of a rash scheme originally to intimidate (6) |
| NONES | Dates in the Roman calendar thought originally to have been the day of the half moon |
| NETSUKE | Carved toggle-like wood or ivory ornament used in Japanese dress, originally to tether a purse, medicine box etc. to a sash (7) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet whose Tales of a Wayside Inn, roughly modelled on Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, was originally to be titled The Sudbury Tales (10) |
| MALARIA | Sickness attributed originally to bad air (7) |
| DETRIMENT | Men tried originally to repair the damage (9) |
| PLACENAME | What Nepal came originally to be? (5,4) |
| SIDEORDER | Desired originally to hold gold dish |
| IMBIBER | One blade originally to cut wood decapitated drinker |
| CHARLEMAGNE | Holy Roman Emperor giving order originally to change realm |
| ADHESION | One said originally to possess hard grip |
| INSATIABLE | Banalities used originally to describe someone who is gannet-like |
| PSEUD | Penny used originally to be a pretentious woman |
| VOTEEN | Called originally to see returning devotee in Dublin |
