| CHAFE | I have to face little Hugh - that's the rub! (5) |
| ERASE | The Queen must go to sea - that's the rub! (5) |
| SCOUR | Steve Clarke often used rugby leaders - there's the rub! (5) |
| BLOOD | For Dracula, a refreshing scrub in his tub? There's the rub! (5,4) |
| GNASH | Little Hugh sang in a way to make us snap the teeth (5) |
| FACTS | The truth you just have to face (5) |
| BACKS | What the strikers have to face? Champions! (5) |
| EFFACE | Having to iron in the cafe - that's the rub! (6) |
| LINIMENTS | But mine have the lints! That's the rub! (9) |
| MUSIC | What you should have an ear for if you're employed in an orchestra, and what you might have to face |
| HORAL | Hourly, little Hugh is spoken for (5) |
| HOMER | More about little Hugh and his encounter with a poet (5) |
| BLACK | Desperate, billions have to face deprivation |
| LOADS | Many youths have to face off |
| ERASURE | You can be sure in this era - that's the rub! (7) |
| LINIMENT | Mine need lint applied and that's the rub! (8) |
| ERASER | At these times, we hesitate! That's the rub! (6) |
| THREEMENIN | Rub-a-dub-dub....for whom the bath bubbles? There's the rub! (5,3,2,1,3) |
| ATUB | Rub-a-dub-dub....for whom the bath bubbles? There's the rub! (5,3,2,1,3) |
| EMBROCATION | From the medicine cabinet? Ay: there's the rub! (11) |
