| CLEARINGHOUSE | Emptying a home where cheques, etc, are exchanged (8,5) |
| CLEARINGBANK | Financial establishment where cheques are exchanged (8,4) |
| HEAD | Principal has second thoughts emptying a department, for starters (4) |
| BLOTTO | After emptying a barrel, German's all sozzled (6) |
| RECEPTIONROOM | Part of a house where visitors may be entertained (9,4) |
| KITCHENGARDEN | A herbary, kailyaird, potager or vegetable plot where seasonal alliums, beans, berries, brassicas, currants, peas, salad greens, root crops etc are cultivated for one's own cuisine, pot or table, rath |
| ATONESWITSEND | Pay cut with last of cheques in post, frantic (2,4,4,3) |
| ERMABOMBECK | "I come from a home where gravy is a beverage" |
| ROAM | "Oh, give me a home where the buffalo ___ ..." |
| KITCHEN | The room in a house where the meals are prepared (7) |
| CELLAR | A room below ground level of a house where wine is stored (6) |
| AVIARIES | Six entering a house where birds are |
| NICHE | Nook in a house where a decorative object might be displayed |
| GAMEROOM | Place in a house where one might find a cue or Clue |
| PAULJONES | A ballroom dance in which partners are exchanged according to a pattern |
| PATIO | Part of a house where you might find aluminum furniture |
| ROOF | Part of a house where the chimney is |
| DININGROOM | Area in a house where you eat (6, 4) |
| SITTINGROOM | Part of a house where one relaxes (7,4) |
| ALTAR | Where marriage vows are exchanged |
