| ACIDLY | Sourly referring to a department duly halved |
| LOWLY | The humble moo is duly halved (5) |
| LAPFUL | Child, to a department-store Santa |
| LAPFULS | Children, to a department- store Santa |
| ADMIT | Concede to a department from American college (5) |
| ADDRESS | Speak to a department on clothing (7) |
| CHRISTMASLIST | Recitation to a department store Santa |
| ADDENDUM | Attachment to a department study raising some dirt |
| ADHERE | Stick to a department in this place (6) |
| JILL | Historically, a generic name referring to a girl as opposed to "jack" for a boy; a female ferret; or, a series of pony books by Ruby Ferguson (4) |
| NACARAT | Word, thought to be referring to a colour of the shell of a mollusc that yields mother-of-pearl, for a shade of orangey-red or "sunset"; or, a fabric/linen dyed in such a hue (7) |
| QUEEN | Word primarily referring to a regina, but also a "dame" playing card; a gyne honey bee; a large olive; a powerful chess "lady"; a rex cat's female mate; or, any woman of excellence (5) |
| SHINGLE | Word that takes us from rooftop to seashore and from man-made to nature, when referring to a piece of wood used as a house tile or a mass of small rounded pebbles on a beach (7) |
| AISNE | River in France giving its name to a department in Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardie (5) |
| ROYALFLUSH | Half sourly redeal a winning hand (5,5) |
| JULIENNE | French culinary term referring to a portion of vegetables cut into matchstick-sized pieces as a garnish; or, a consomme to which a mixture of said allumette has been added (8) |
| GRAPES | Those sourly disdained by the fox? (6) |
| TORSO | The testator sourly reveals the trunk (5) |
| RANCOROUSLY | Managed business appallingly sourly, with malicious resentfulness |
| MEANMUGS | Glares sourly at, in modern lingo |
