| TECHNIQUE | Practical procedure to get the quince chopped up (9) |
| IMPEDE | Independent politician finishes off the established procedure to get in the way |
| POINTOFORDER | Question of procedure to get goods supplied, one imagines |
| MATRIC | University procedure to get degree needing endless deception |
| OPERATION | Surgical procedure to repair damage to part of the body (9) |
| RIGMAROLE | Elaborate procedure to set up mother with office (9) |
| REPRODUCE | Odd procedure to make babies (9) |
| ROOTCANAL | Painful procedure to reshape a corn a lot (4,5) |
| ELECTIONS | Choosing, first to last, procedures to ensure democracy? |
| MODERATES | Regulates procedures to collect tax (9) |
| STEPS | Procedures to get pet back in ship (5) |
| SALAMITECHNIQUE | The quince served up after meat, it's a fraud! (6,9) |
| MUNRO | Hector Hugh -; author "Saki" whose collection of short stories Beasts and Super-Beasts includes The Hen, The Quince Tree and The Lumber Room (5) |
| SAKI | Author whose Beasts and Super-Beasts includes Dusk, The Cobweb, The Hen and The Quince Tree (4) |
| CARR | Author of novels including A Day in Summer and A Month in the Country who published his Dictionary of Extraordinary English Cricketers under his imprint The Quince Tree Press (4) |
| CYDONIA | The quince genus - I can do mutation around end of February (7) |
| COMPACTION | Legal procedure to pursue company member -- it comes to the crunch? (10) |
| PATERNITYTEST | Procedure to determine whether a man is the biological father of a child (9,4) |
| KNOWSTHEROPES | Is familiar with the method and procedure to do the job well? (5,3,5) |
| COLLAGEN | Substance used in a cosmetic procedure to plump up lips, eg (8) |
