| WRIGHTS | Fair claims, we're told, of the makers (7) |
| JEWELLERY | Bijouterie; the art/trade of the maker of said gemmery; or, "tomfoolery" in Cockney rhyming slang (9) |
| RITES | Some ceremonies feature legal claims we're told (5) |
| INFERNO | The section of Dante's Divine Comedy that told of the realms of Hell |
| RELATED | Told of the same ancestors (7) |
| STAYERS | The steps, we're told, of long distance runners (7) |
| CREATOR | The maker or the crate he made? (7) |
| AESOP | He told of the ant and the grasshopper |
| THYME | It is the hour, one is told, of the herb (5) |
| BASEMENT | It is the story, we are told, of the underground (8) |
| UTU | Bruno Lawrence starred in this 1983 NZ movie which told of the Maori wars in the 1860s |
| DIALOGUE | Diana has a record, we are told, of the conversation (8) |
| EXALTS | Praises when told of the cutback on military personnel (6) |
| HEAR | Be told of the army reduction |
| FAHRVERGNUGEN | Literally meaning "driving enjoyment," slogan once used by the maker of the ends of 20-, 31- and 41- |
| TURNEDOUT | Proved to have been the makers of |
| ASTONMARTIN | The makers of 007's DB5 |
| CREATURE | - Comforts; stop-motion animated series by the makers of Farmageddon (8) |
| GROYNE | Part of abdomen, we're told, of mole (6) |
| GRIPPE | A case, were told, of flu (6) |
