| DROPSTHESUBJECT | Pearl's the subordinate who changes the topic (5,3,7) |
| SWINE | He doesn't appreciate pearls, the pig! (5) |
| TRANSLATOR | One who changes the language of a text |
| MAID | Person who changes the towels in hotel rooms |
| SATRAP | This part is returned to the state and he is the subordinate ruler (6) |
| SUBJECTMATTER | Content to make the subordinate be of value (7,6) |
| OPTIC | The dispenser changes the topic (5) |
| LONDON | Is it only the non old who change the city? (6) |
| EDITORS | Those who change the course of Time? |
| PEDLAR | 'He's trying to sell a phony pearl,' the daughter put in |
| MARGUERITE | From Greek or Latin for "pearl", the French name for a white-rayed wild flower of field margins, grassland, meadows and verges, also called an ox-eye daisy or moonpenny (10) |
| PLATINUMBLONDES | Page from Caesar's lips expresses hesitation for the fairer sex and those who change locks (8,7) |
| INANOTHERVEIN | To change the topic, or where Dracula gets seconds? |
| NOINTERESTLOANS | "And I could barely keep my eyes open in Economics, where the topic of the day was ___" |
| RAISETHESUBJECT | Bring up the topic of levitation? (5,3,7) |
| SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | What one may say on seeing the topic of group discussion? (5,2,3,5) |
| COG | Word for any one of the sprockets of a gear or other toothed wheel, thus for a subordinate who performs a routine or small part in a greater system (3) |
| SHOPASSISTANT | Quiet work done by subordinate who makes plenty of sales |
| UNDERSTRAPPER | Subordinate who fails to meet binding targets? |
| CUSTODIAN | One who has care of scout and one who changes (9) |
