| BLACKBOARD | Initially, beggars are without food and old school equipment (10) |
| RAFFLES | Cricketing amateur cracksman or gentleman thief who, along with his sidekick and old school chum or fag, Bunny Manders, was imagined by Arthur Conan Doyle's brother-in-law Ernest William Hornung (7) |
| SANDWICH | This man advertises food and old port (8) |
| STANDFAST | Be able to tolerate time without food and remain unmoved (5,4) |
| DWELLER | Inhabitant fared well without food and last two drops of water (7) |
| FEASTS | Around beginning of Easter, goes without food and large meals (6) |
| PENCILCASE | Writer finds example of school equipment (6,4) |
| STRESSLESS | Emphasise fewer are without anxiety (10) |
| REPUBLICAN | Party are without a host (10) |
| ABOVEBOARD | Where the chessmen are without dishonesty? (5,5) |
| SLATE | Criticise old fashioned school equipment (5) |
| SLATES | Finds fault with old-fashioned school equipment (6) |
| EXERCISEBOOK | Employ reserve school equipment (8,4) |
| EASEL | School equipment gives comfort to the learner (5) |
| EGENT | Carent; they are without, and will rule without a king |
| SKIT | Satire on school equipment (4) |
| EGES | For example, you are? You are without |
| SANS | Without ... or, as a plural, what the starts of the answers to starred clues are without? |
| CARE | What vacationers are without, by choice |
| AMOUR | Millions requiring our support are without pride (5,6) |
