| THINONTHEGROUND | Very few having thought on dinner surprisingly (4,2,3,6) |
| STARVE | Fast rates running, few having entered for it |
| MATRIMONY | Quite a few having neat old marriage (9) |
| IDLIKESOMEHINTS | Newbie crossword solver's thought on a Wednesday |
| RECONSIDERATION | Second thoughts on directions are revised (15) |
| DRESSREHEARSALS | Shows very few come to see |
| KNOWATHINGORTWO | Understand very few articles, yet be shrewd (4,1,5,2,3) |
| TOMATO | Fruit on top surrounds something on dinner table (6) |
| WIDEAWAKE | On the alert, wife thought, on vigil (4,5) |
| NOTION | Thought, on getting back and switching it on (6) |
| GRAVYBOAT | A very empty bowl firstly filling old tin vessel on dinner table (5,4) |
| TILEFISH | Atlantic bottom-feeders found on dinner tables |
| CATERED | Provided food for kitten before starting on dinner (7) |
| CREAMCRACKER | Best item on dinner table at Christmas? A sort of biscuit |
| TBONES | Lumbar vertebrae on dinner plates |
| DATE | Escort made a start on dinner and had some food (4) |
| DISCERNMENT | Arranged sides of clam on dinner set with keen perception |
| FINGERBOWL | Long fibre wound around opening of wine vessel on dinner table (10) |
| ONREFLECTION | Having thought about it, no! (2,10) |
| REFLECTED | Having thought about it, sent back the picture |
