| UH | Used to fill a gap in speech (2) |
| SCIENCE | Coach begins to fill a gap in niece's muddled knowledge |
| CHEVILLE | French word for a peg of a stringed instrument; or, in a literary sense, a peg-like word, serving to fill a gap (8) |
| STOPUP | Avoid retirement so as to fill a gap (4,2) |
| STUFFING | An edible mixture, often of herbs and bread, used to fill a cavity in another food item (8) |
| CREAMPUFFCHEESE | Dairy product used to fill a pastry? |
| HOSE | It might be used to fill a kiddie pool |
| ARGUMENT | Reason glue must be used to fill a tear |
| BALAAM | Press slang for unimportant pieces used to fill a paper (6) |
| LOCUM | Officer returning with hesitation as one to fill a gap? (5) |
| SASHIMI | Dish sent back as one eats something to fill a gap (7) |
| PLAINDARN | Note penned by Greek poet, note simply to fill a gap? |
| SMEUSE | A dialect word, combining the Old French for "secret hiding place" and "smoot", meaning a small hole, for a gap in a fence or hedge for the passing of a rabbit or a hare (6) |
| PLUG | Fill a gap, ... the hole |
| SEALANT | Sugar, maybe, fed to group -- that fills a gap (7) |
| ASITWERE | We run to fill a place, so to speak (2,2,4) |
| FILLER | Brief article or item used to bridge a gap in a newspaper or broadcast; or, decorator's caulk (6) |
| FRANGIPANI | In a gap in rocks, next to father, displaying shrub |
| COMETOPASS | Happen to reach a gap in the hills (4,2,4) |
| DRAUGHTEXCLUDER | Man, old crossword setter eating last of pud - that fills a gap? |
