| INDEPENDENTS | Self-supporting types ended in step somehow about name (12) |
| PISTE | For skiing, one has to be in step, somehow (5) |
| AVIGNON | Bridgetown has crazy paving stones with steps somehow missing (7) |
| INNINGS | Sign in somehow about noon, in time to swing the willow (7) |
| OBITERDICTA | In cursory comments old boy gets cattier somehow about princess |
| EASEL | In essence, a self-supporting structure (5) |
| CNTOWER | Iconic landmark in Canada that was the world's tallest self-supporting manmade structure from 1974-2010 (1,1,5) |
| ONTHERIGHTTACK | Hacker got hint somehow about latest in equipment, following the correct path? (2,3,5,4) |
| ALDERMEN | Old councillors learned somehow about a Frenchman (8) |
| ABDOMEN | Bemoan somehow about onset of Delhi belly |
| TENORCLEF | One on staff knew somehow about witchy woman returning (5,4) |
| TOWER | Tall structure, either self-supporting or attached to another building |
| SYRINGE | Yes, somehow about to call for a fluid extractor |
| LUNCHHOUR | Endlessly hound churl somehow about one? |
| TREE | A perennial plant with a woody self-supporting trunk |
| SPONGE | To be a cadger, Peg's somehow about to get on (6) |
| TREES | Perennial plants with woody self-supporting main stems or trunks when mature |
| FREELANCE | Following dance, a northern church is self-supporting? (9) |
| DAISYCHAIN | Plant to restrain group of self-supporting dealers (5,5) |
| SCONE | One's somehow about to start cooking confectionery (5) |
