| GIFU | Japanese city is struggling if undeveloped in part (4) |
| OSAKA | Japanese city is recalled thus by this other name (5) |
| TOKYO | The name of which Japanese city is an anagram of Kyoto? (5) |
| NANTO | Which Japanese city is the home of the Gokayama UNESCO World Heritage site? (5) |
| CLEO | Relative of James Sutton and "NS characters who is struggling to bond with her new baby in Hollyoaks (4) |
| ATTHESAMETIME | Notwithstanding conserving energy, this teammate is struggling (2,3,4,4) |
| GRAPPLINGIRON | Hook is struggling with press (9,4) |
| STRIA | Rat is struggling in narrow groove (5) |
| INTHESOUP | Jokingly, where fly is struggling (2,3,4) |
| INTERLINEAR | Sort of writing: in it, learner is struggling |
| MINNIVER | Maxine _, character who is struggling with Jeremy's presence in Hollyoaks (8) |
| SKINUP | Punk is struggling to wrap pot in paper |
| GASPING | Great grunter, sucking in nitrogen, is struggling for breath (7) |
| PARASITICAL | Scrounging artist in capital is struggling (11) |
| NATURALISE | A bit of trouble fitting in ___ Lauren is struggling to adapt to new surroundings (10) |
| STUART | Rainie Highway's troubled husband who is struggling to accept that he has breast cancer in EastEnders (6) |
| MOM | Cleo McQueen is struggling to be a ___ to her newborn son Joseph in Hollyoaks (3) |
| VOGUISH | After five Hugo is struggling to be trendy |
| NANCY | Hollyoaks lass who is struggling with her addiction to painkillers (5,7) |
| GLISSANDO | Lad is struggling with song that has rapid succession of notes (9) |
