| UNEARTHED | Dug up the 3a when ordered (9) |
| TIP | The 3A part of a pencil is the ___ |
| SCRIPTURE | 2008 novel by Sebastian Barry (3,6,9) See 3A |
| HUNGRIEST | Most empty their guns when ordered (9) |
| ENRAPTURE | Transport: repeat run when ordered (9) |
| OTHERWISE | Sow it here, when ordered, or else! (9) |
| PERCOLATE | Creep a lot when ordered to make coffee! (9) |
| ADVOCATES | Lawyers do caveats when ordered (9) |
| THREEINTO | & 3A 1967 novel by Andrea Newman (5,4,3,4,2) |
| THROWOPEN | Troop, when ordered, make house available for inspection |
| ACTIONMAN | Toy soldier cannot aim when ordered |
| INTHEKNOW | Well-versed to ink when ordered (2,3,4) |
| GUSHED | How the oil came out when she dug up the outside? (6) |
| PATIO | The nurse who'd gone missing from Stourpaine was found when they dug up the paved outdoor area in her garden (5) |
| MINED | Dug up the little man on the motorway |
| WEEDED | Dug up the dandelions? We said we did! (6) |
| HIREDGUN | Henri dug up the killer (5,3) |
| DENIM | Having gone back, dug up the stuff (5) |
| EXHUMED | Dug up the old interstate highway and got a bad back (7) |
| LEAD | Going to the front, as the thief on the roof is! (6,3,4) (see 3A) |
