| LOOSEHEADPROP | Rugby scrum member (5-4,4) |
| BIRDSNESTSOUP | Exotic meal, presumably containing eggs? (5-4,4) |
| THREELINEWHIP | MPs" voting instruction (5-4,4) |
| BROWNEYEDGIRL | Van Morrison hit from 1967 (5-4,4) |
| LOOSELEAFBOOK | Volume of autumnal extracts? (5-4,4) |
| SEVENYEARITCH | A tendency towards marital infidelity? (5-4,4) |
| THREEFOOTRULE | It measure striped al regulation (5-4,4) |
| WHITETAILDEER | Bambi's species? (5-4,4) |
| SUGARSNAPPEAS | Green edible pods (5-4,4) |
| RIGHTHANDSIDE | Indispensable team to starboard (5-4,4) |
| BLACKEYEDBEAN | A Clydebank bee scattered cowpea (5-4,4) |
| BLACKEYEDPEAS | Cooking place? Yes, with baked beans (5-4,4) |
| THREEFOURTIME | Waltz rhythm (5-4,4) |
| SHORTTERMLOAN | Brief period to advance to capital, bridging the gap? (5-4,4) |
| FRONTPAGENEWS | Face in a book on intelligence is headline grabbing (5-4,4) |
| READYMADESUIT | Prepared diamonds, perhaps, on pret-a-porter outfit (5-4,4) |
| HOOKER | Member of the rugby scrum (6) |
| BLINDSIDE | Part of a rugby scrum closest to the touchline (5,4) |
| UNDERTHEHEEL | Suffering tyranny, like one at the bottom of the rugby scrum! (5,3,4) |
| BLAIR | Mike 2002-2012 Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby scrum-half (5) |
