| AWASTE | Often a way some rubbished HS2, for example (1,5,2,5) |
| OFMONEY | Often a way some rubbished HS2, for example (1,5,2,5) |
| CONTROVERSIALLY | Evil lots carry on naughtily and in a way some would question |
| OSCARS | IMHO, it's often a way for Hollywood to milk a few more $ for lesser movies. |
| IDENTICALTWIN | Sibling success after Latin edict rubbished |
| TIMESNEWROMAN | Monetarism rubbished around recently-constructed font (5,3,5) |
| PLAYEDTHELEAD | Dramatic work by writer of The Spanish in Death rubbished - did The Star do it? (6,3,4) |
| HYBRID | Type of Bill that goes through Parliament - for example, that for HS2 Phase 1 (6) |
| SPINACH | Gasp in a choking way - some vegetable stuck inside (7) |
| SPEEDOMETER | Do peers meet to get involved in gauge for HS2? |
| BULLETTRAINS | Notices found across school for HS2 requirements (6,6) |
| CURZON | __ Street, the intended Birmingham terminus for the HS2 line (6) |
| HARDTOGET | One way some singles play |
| SINGED | The way some people like marshmallows prepared over campfires |
| MINESHAFT | Way some workers go under |
| AIRTOGROUND | The way some Exocets flew |
| ANSWER | Either way, some jeans weren't crew's navy suit |
| VULGARLY | In the way some fractions are described, commonly |
| DIALECT | The way some talk of ruined citadel |
| OVERTHECOUNTER | Through article, oppose way some drugs are sold |
