| Irish republic |
EIRE |
| Is nosy |
PRIES |
| Ledger entry |
DEBIT |
| Less polite |
RUDER |
| Makeshift shed |
LEANTO |
| Male elephant |
BULL |
| Meg and Robert |
RYANS |
| Nymph chaser |
SATYR |
| Observe |
NOTE |
| One of the United Arab Emirates |
AJMAN |
| Pardon |
AMNESTY |
| Pasta sauce |
PESTO |
| Piece of cake |
SNAP |
| Proportional |
TOSCALE |
| Put off |
TABLED |
| Rag |
TEASE |
| Require |
NEED |
| Retained |
KEPT |
| Rich vein |
LODE |
| Rigid |
STIFF |
| Rock 'n' roll pioneer Freed |
ALAN |
| Ruined city in Jordan |
PETRA |
| Salon service |
RINSE |
| Sees |
TAKESIN |
| Shipping route |
SEALANE |
| Sky blue |
AZURE |
| Snare |
ENTRAP |
| Soil |
BEGRIME |
| Start to unravel |
FRAY |
| State dissolved 31 December 1991 |
USSR |
| Stirring tale |
SAGA |
| Suffer humiliation |
EATCROW |
| Tableland |
MESA |
| Taj Mahal site |
AGRA |
| Twist and compress |
WRING |
| Under the weather |
ILL |
| Vice President under Eisenhower |
NIXON |
| Window ornamentation |
TRACERY |
| Wrong |
AMISS |