| INSECTREPELLENT | Scatter pellets in centre - it should deter pests (6,9) |
| NAPHTHALENE | Train an elephant to carry howdah finally - it deters pests (11) |
| RELUBBUS | In this village near Penzance, there's a pile of rubble by the bus stop in front of the youth centre -- it looks awful (8) |
| RETICENT | Centre it or I'll have it reserved for you (8) |
| BUTETOWN | When my brother first went to this youth centre, it was in a rough area of Cardiff which became known as Tiger Bay (8) |
| SARNIE | New form for trainees missing item in the middle: it will need filling in (6) |
| OPERATIONSCONTROL | OCC = ___ ___ Centre (It keeps track of VIA Rail's trains across Canada) |
| STABILIZE | Steady, or a bit less wobbly, when I centre it (9) |
| HAIL | Ice or frozen vapour falling in pellets in a shower from the atmosphere (4) |
| DEMAGOGY | Insanely edgy over magazine at job centre - it makes popular appeal to the masses (8) |
| CHEADLE | Historically within Cheshire, this suburban village of Greater Manchester is three miles from Stockport town centre; it lies on the Ladybrook, a tributary of the River Mersey (7) |
| BBS | Pellets in a kid's rifle |
| IMMERSE | Soak, e.g. pellets in water (7) |
| SHOT | Photograph; a dram; a guess; or, pellets in a cartridge collectively (4) |
| SCALDS | Soaks e.g. pellets in boiling water to bind Method feeder paste (6) |
| FARFEL | Pasta pellets in Jewish cuisine |
| BUCKSHOT | Pellets in shell used to hunt game (8) |
| SHOTPUT | Place small pellets in front during athletics event (4,3) |
| TYRE | When spare (around your middle) it punctures esteem (4) |
| EON | Time spent on hold with a call center, it can seem |
