| STARTINGGUN | It's bang on for getting out of the blocks! (8,3) |
| PETROLFUMES | Perfume lost, perhaps? Bang on for your engine! (6,5) |
| RACEME | 'To the end of the block! C'mon!' |
| PROFOUND | Deep - bang on for swimming in! (8) |
| NAILONTHEHEAD | It's bang on I hear (3,3,4,2,3,4) |
| HITTHE | It's bang on I hear (3,3,4,2,3,4) |
| KNOCK | Either say it's no good or it's bang on (5) |
| OFFTOAFASTSTART | Quick out of the blocks, and a hint to the circled letters |
| LATESTARTER | It's slow off the blocks, so makes a rattler's tea! (4,7) |
| SHADE | Place for getting out of the sun could be had in the southeast (5) |
| FIRSTOFF | Leading out of the blocks, to begin with? (5,3) |
| AWAY | A course for getting out of the house (4) |
| INKJET | Mark the colour of the blocks here for printing. (3-3) |
| ROUGHPLAN | Sounds like golfer's idea for getting out of trouble is a suggestion on the back of a cigarette pack |
| ICECUBES | One church reporter with desk at the centre of the blocks of water coolers? (3,5) |
| THEGREATHOUDINI | He was known for getting out of bonds |
| ESC | Key for getting out of a jam |
| ANNULMENT | Treat tunnel man for getting out of union (9) |
| WEDGE | Club for getting out of sand traps |
| LAUD | Praise a chap for getting out of uniform (4) |
