| EARNED | Made money after hearing study was backed up (6) |
| EARL | Count money after hearing (4) |
| LEARNED | Academic made money after the end of school (7) |
| DRYDEN | Poet whose study was out of the rain? (6) |
| WARSAW | Conflict was backed by capital (6) |
| DECREE | An order or judgment of a court made after hearing a suit (6) |
| KNIGHT | see 5dn, Singer who was backed by the Pips, at one stage featuring her brother and two cousins |
| GLADYS | and 50dn, Singer who was backed by the Pips, at one stage featuring her brother and two cousins |
| CENSUS | After hearing, understand America's head count (6) |
| SYNTAX | What the exchequer collects after hearing of wrong rules (6) |
| MEDDLE | Put one's two cents in after hearing of award (6) |
| SCHOOL | Nothing could be farthest from the front half after hearing glass goes cool making lost masterpiece of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7,6,2,3) |
| MORGAN | Luke's sister who returned to Hollyoaks after hearing about their mother's funeral (4,6) |
| ONHOLD | Waiting, after hearing "Your call is important to us" |
| MADEDO | Got along with party after hearing hotel worker (4,2) |
| DAWDLE | Hang about ___ Cockney's grabbed some money after turning (6) |
| GNOMON | Pin number written both ways secures money after entering, finally (6) |
| WRASSE | The two of us saving money after chopping head off fish (6) |
| SPAWNS | Generates deposits to get money after ... (6) |
| ACCENT | Stress having little money after footing bill (6) |