| YORKSHIREWOMEN | Ladies up north sign on in other words and shirk working in wood (14) |
| SWINGTHELEAD | Idiom meaning to pretend to be ill and shirk work (5,3,4) |
| RETIE | Soak in other words and bind again (5) |
| IDEST | "In other words," classically |
| SHORTSKIRTS | Trots around and shirks, riding about in Minis (5,6) |
| BEYONCE | Pop star who sang "Where my ladies up in here that like to talk back?" |
| TOADSTOOL | Breakfast including last of lard, ladies up for something inedible? |
| MALINGERS | Mother hangs around and shirks work (9) |
| SHIREHORSE | Sign on, in foreign shores, a powerful beast (5,5) |
| LATHE | It may give one working in wood a turn (5) |
| ENLIST | Sign on in the silent resort (6) |
| CARPENTRY | Working in wood, find fault with door (9) |
| RHEUM | Cannot sign on in nursing home, have catarrh (5) |
| TURNER | Return trip for one working in Wood (6) |
| DISLODGE | Is novice in to shirk, or get out of office? (8) |
| EVADE | Wartime nurse, east first and last, might shirk duty (5) |
| HIKERS | Hill and cliff are theirs to breast, but they'll openly shirk Everest! (6) |
| DESERT | Shirk one's duty, in a big way |
| YORKSHIRE | 17 to shirk problem in former days (9) |
| COPOUT | Shirk work in business just occasionally |
