| IKEA | Swedish furniture giant with branch in Beit Shemesh (4) |
| LARKSPUR | Mess about with branch in flower |
| BIG | _ Fashion (Mall in Beit Shemesh) (3) |
| WING | Small characters leave playground equipment with branch (4) |
| KNIT | Join return of some Beit Inkettes (4) |
| HARIM | Nes ___: Town near Beit Shemesh (5) |
| NES | ___ Harim: Town near Beit Shemesh (3) |
| FORK | What diners often use in branch in road (4) |
| LIMB | Branch in tree cut down with blade, originally (4) |
| UCAL | Sch. with a branch in Berkeley |
| TWIG | Small branch in town oddly improving at the margins (4) |
| TRIG | Maths branch, in short (4) |
| USAF | Mil. branch in the wild blue yonder |
| USCG | Mil. branch in the Dept. of Homeland Security |
| SWAY | Move like a branch in the breeze |
| NAVY | Military branch in "NCIS" |
| ARMY | Military branch in "Platoon" |
| ZIPCODE | Beit Shemesh's is 99552 (3,4) |
| EATLIKEAHORSE | Swedish furniture makers, staying in hostel, are prepared to consume lots (3,4,1,5) |
| HATTREE | An arboresque stand equipped with branch-like pegs on which to hang one's bonnets, chapeaux, everyday millinery, headgear and the like (3,4) |
