| MAINMAST | Pole of some importance sees mother given degree, having entered institute (8) |
| TOTEM | Pole of some Native Americans |
| MAGGOT | Mother given first bit of garden obtained grub (6) |
| MINIMUM | Very small mother given the least possible amount? (7) |
| DOGMA | Take degree, having assimilated core of religious doctrine |
| RIGMAROLE | Doctor given degree and job in complex procedure |
| BEANBAG | Began working to secure degree having sat on this? (7) |
| ONTHESIDE | Extra dissertation nearly given degree, one gathers (2,3,4) |
| TOMATO | To a degree, having to provide food (6) |
| ENCOMIUM | I"ll step in once poor mother's given eulogy (8) |
| AMARETTO | River dweller, a mother's given up drink (8) |
| CROSSBAR | A horizontal piece, such as a top tube of a bike, a top beam of a goal or a colourful pole of a showjump (8) |
| NEGATIVE | Name one of the poles of a battery (8) |
| ROOFTREE | The ridge-pole of a roof (8) |
| ANAPHASE | Penultimate stage of cell division (mitosis), during which chromosomes migrate to opposite poles of the cell (8) |
| ARMATURE | Word for panoply; an iron keeper placed in contact with the poles of a magnet to preserve its power; or, a wire-wound core of a dynamo (8) |
| JURASSIC | Scottish island thus accommodating Pole of a certain age? |
| SELENIAN | Tablet penned by strange alien found between poles of the moon (8) |
| MATERIAL | Constituents of some importance |
| COUNTING | Maths activity of some importance |
