| FELTTIPPENS | Writers touched feathers, very end inside (4-3,4) |
| FELTTIPPEN | Writer touched feather, very end inside (4-3,3) |
| LOOKOUTPOST | Warning letters from the watch? (4-3,4) |
| ROLLTOPDESK | Trollope worked with kids, lacking one place to write (4-3,4) |
| DUCKEGGBLUE | Aquatic bird down showcasing, for example, good colour (4-3,4) |
| ZEROSUMGAME | Contest that's equally balanced; 0-0 match? (4-3,4) |
| USEDCARLOTS | Roofless sites for the retail of pre-loved automobiles (4-3,4) |
| ALOEVERA | Plant a leaf over one end inside and across (4,4) |
| TROT | Tuck the other end inside, kid, and run (4) |
| OWNED | Had one window either end inside to date (5) |
| GOODSENSE | Wisdom of bird unfortunately ends inside (4,5) |
| CULMINATION | In coma until the very end, unfortunately |
| TELAVIV | City manservant rises at 4 (3,4) |
| GODDAMN | Cuss the rotten mango with dead ends inside (7) |
| ASHEN | Colourless trash ends inside |
| CLIFFHANGER | A contest in which the result is in doubt till the very end (11) |
| ACRIMONIOUS | A blush digesting record of debt leaving son to the very end bitter |
| GETBACK | Retrieve number from Fab Four (3,4) |
| DEADLAST | At the very end (4,4) |
| DOWNTOTHEWIRE | The decisive moment at the very end of a close contest (4,2,3,4) |
