| HEMLINE | Helen and I'm adjusting the skirt level (3-4) |
| ARMPITS | Indentations under the shoulder strap I'm adjusting |
| MISTAKE | I'm adjusting Kate's error (7) |
| RIGHTLY | Properly adjusting the girth for some filly (7) |
| ECHELON | Helen and Co revised level of command |
| LETDOWN | Lengthen the skirt that's proved to be a disappointment |
| PLEATED | Beg Edward to get the skirt's feature (7) |
| BUSTLES | Scurries about with the pads that went under the skirts (7) |
| TROJANS | Ancient people associated with Helen and Paris (7) |
| DRESSES | Dolls up the skirts (7) |
| ASTARTE | Feasted on the skirts of celebrity goddess (7) |
| ELOPING | Emulating Helen and Paris |
| WASTHISTHEFACE | A check on her identity contrived to pass Helen, and she had a chitchat with Faustus (3,4,3,4,4,8,1, |
| HATPEG | Put bowler there, adjusting the gap (3,3) |
| TUTU | Across the Channel, you double the skirt (4) |
| CROWN | Winder on the side of a wristwatch for adjusting the time; or, the five-pointed logo of Rolex (5) |
| TUNING | Adjusting the frequency, ... the radio |
| REMIX | Music recording altered by adjusting the balance of the separate tracks |
| TUNINGPEG | Is it used by Margaret when adjusting the pitch? (6-3) |
| PULLTHEOTHERONE | Out Out with Helen and her plot Get outta here (4,3,5,3) |
