| CREATURECOMFORT | Sympathy from a dog, perhaps, is one of the more pleasant things of life (8,7) |
| ALI | "There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people" speaker |
| GADGETRY | Good tragedy, perhaps, is one of many useful devices (8) |
| ACEOFCLUBS | Golf professional perhaps is one of those at the end of 9 across (3,2,5) |
| PITY | Feeling of sympathy from mine at end of day (4) |
| TURNSTO | Seeks sympathy from circle on road at job centre (5,2) |
| EPITAPHS | They say pleasant things about people who have departed (8) |
| NICETIES | Nice cities heard pleasant things (8) |
| LUNCHEONVOUCHER | Paperwork for free horsemeat perhaps is one's meal ticket (8,7) |
| INSECT | Described in the books of Jean- Henri Fabre, any one of the more than one million species of arthropods whose development was influenced by the evolution of flowering plants (6) |
| BARKINTHESADDLE | Response from a dog on a horse? |
| ADMISSIONLETTER | Pleasant thing for an applicant to receive |
| PISS | One of the more benign of the seven dirty words |
| ROME | One of the more ruined old places? (4) |
| EEL | One of the more vicious fishes |
| DIMMER | One of the more stupid motoring devices? (6) |
| CLEANER | One of the more innocent jobs (7) |
| FITTER | One of the more able workers (6) |
| TRAPIDO | Barbara ___, author of the novels Brother of the More Famous Jack and Temples of Delight (7) |
| BONVIVEUR | One who enjoys the good things of life (3,6) |
