| ARRANGERS | A Rolls in South Australia finishes up at No 8 and they prepare for it |
| MARINER | He's all at sea on seeing a Rolls in such a state (7) |
| VERTIGO | U2 getting dizzy up at No 1 in the charts with this single (7) |
| NEON | Could it brighten proceedings up, at No 10? |
| RIVERMITE | Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway 2-8-2 No. 8 (and No. 9) (5,4) |
| PASSPORT | "Education is the _ to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today": Malcolm X (8) |
| HINDMOST | I'd months to prepare for it, after all (8) |
| TRAIN | Prepare for it to be run on the right lines (5) |
| BETH | - - - Stafford, No 8 and the first captain of Premier 15s club Sale Sharks... (4) |
| BERRAS | Yankee No. 8 and family |
| BILLY | _ Vunipola, rugby union player who plays at No 8 for Saracens and England (5) |
| PROWLER | The marauder finishes up at the far end, possibly lower (7) |
| BASTAREAUD | Mathieu - - - , ex-France centre who has been playing at No 8 for Lyon (10) |
| ENDOFTHELINE | Where one finishes up at terminus (3,2,3,4) |
| ENDS | Finishes up, at last, with some close friends (4) |
| CHIEFS | They prepare dinner across island for de Valera and Geronimo (6) |
| DRAFTSMAN | They prepare legal documents and sound as if they should be on the board |
| LINT | A bit of fluff from a roll in the hay (4) |
| INGA | Woman who took a "roll in ze hay" in "Young Frankenstein" |
| NOOKY | A roll in the hay in secluded spot with Yankee (5) |
