| SWAMPS | Overwhelms Cornwall etc with current measures (6) |
| AMPS | A man who dispenses with current measures (4) |
| TAMPERED | Fiddled with current measure adopted by Irish politician |
| FIREDAMP | Dispensed with current measure for gas (8) |
| PAMPAS | Pressure on current measures to secure a region of South America (6) |
| TECHIE | He may get involved with IT etc with no end of excitement (6) |
| OBLONG | Figure it's what covers Wimbledon etc with pine (6) |
| ERMINE | Carnivore taking head off rats etc with minimum of effort (6) |
| PROFIT | Benefit from learning about computers etc with academic (6) |
| DEFECT | Fed up etc., with fault finding (6) |
| DIGEST | Small magazine, periodical, journal etc with condensed news articles (6) |
| ETCHES | Cuts glass, etc. with Hearst artlessly (6) |
| KITSCH | Tawdry, shallow or pretentious art, literature, etc with popular appeal (6) |
| RIVETS | Faces (a rampart, wall, etc) with masonry, especially in fortification (6) |
| ALLAYS | Relieves fear, etc., with a witty sally (6) |
| CENSOR | Check contents of letter, play etc with a view to deleting passages (6) |
| RIBBON | A taenia of satin or silk etc with which to make a cockade, fillet or rosette; or, something strip-like, such as a band-saw or a mollusc's radula (6) |
| YOKING | Linking (oxen, horses etc) with a harness |
| VELVET | A closely-woven fabric of silk, cotton, etc., with a thick, short pile on one side |
| SWASTIKA | Cross Devon, Cornwall, etc getting wine and spirit (8) |
