| FOOTFALL | Pedestrian evidence of the number shopping (8) |
| SCABBARD | Sheath for poet following evidence of the pox? (8) |
| HERITAGE | Evidence of the past found in retreat miles away (8) |
| OVERRATE | Think too much of the number of balls bowled? (8) |
| ABSTAINS | “Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, ____ from giving us wordy evidence of the fact” (George Eliot) |
| BLACKEYE | Live protecting handlanger with evidence of the fight (5,3) |
| THOUSAND | One short of the number of Arabian Nights |
| AIRFORCE | One of the numbers for church service (3,5) |
| POLLENCOUNT | Often quoted on weather forecasts, this is the measurement of the number of grains discharged from the male part of a flower, per cubic metre of air (6,5) |
| WERENUMBERONE | What the winners of this year's March Madness basketball tournament can say; our theme entries show the round-by-round progression of the number of teams still in it |
| PROOF | Convincing evidence of the strength of alcohol (5) |
| FOOTFALLS | Sound evidence of the presence of trippers (9) |
| PROOFPOSITIVE | Certain evidence of the first photographic print? (5,8) |
| AHEADFORFIGURES | What the statistician has, for instance, leading the pack on the side of the Number 10s (1,4,3,7) |
| GLACIERRETREAT | Phenomenon that provides evidence of the rise in global temperatures since the late 19th century (7,7) |
| TRACE | Surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence. (5) |
| GROUSE | Evidence of the bird's dissatisfaction, perhaps (6) |
| BELLYBUTTON | Evidence of the sudden switch to cordless |
| GAUGE | Measure of the number of stitches in one inch of fabric (5) |
| CIRCULATION | Movement of the number of copies sold (11) |
