| ROWER | A boatman got on line, with little hesitation (5) |
| ARROWS | Artist comes back on line with small darts, commonly (6) |
| SULLEN | Gloomy star conveying lines with little energy (6) |
| CLUSTERS | US military commander holding line with small groups |
| RULER | A governor made a right turn on line, with some hesitation (5) |
| EXTOL | A former partner had to start on line with words of praise (5) |
| CAMEL | Arrived on line with a beast of burden (5) |
| LANDS | Comes down on line with top spacecraft (5) |
| CORAL | Is about to run round, on line, with her (5) |
| SPARROW | Box on line with a little bird (7) |
| WATERRAT | Mistaken name of a riverbank or "riparian" vole, which is an expert diver and swimmer, widely associated with The Wind in the Willows by extension, a boatman, pirate or sailor; or, a person who is fon |
| LAND | Come down on line with a new deal, initially (4) |
| GONDOLIER | Go on, idler, become a boatman (9) |
| MANITOBA | Where, in Canada, a boatman can get out of line (8) |
| BARGEE | A boatman who might see a grebe flying about (6) |
| HORSEMACKEREL | Rome's in trouble, besieged by cyber criminal on line with fish (5,8) |
| LIBRARY | Sign on line with volumes (7) |
| LIBELLOUS | Defamatory address to America on line with one phone call (9) |
| ELNINO | Neil on line with large scale warning of meteorological phenomena |
| BLITHE | Very happy, bishop on line with Italian ambassador (6) |
