| ICEBOAT | A craft designed to beat the freeze (7) |
| SPACECAPSULE | Part of a craft designed to be separated and survive re-entry into the Earth's orbit (5,7) |
| LIFEBOAT | A craft designed for rescues at sea; or, a measure taken in an attempt to save a business or investor etc in figurative troubled waters (8) |
| APOLLO | Any of a series of NASA craft designed to put man on the moon (6) |
| TAMPERPROOF | Piano in broadcast Prom with a forte designed to beat fiddles? |
| TENDERISER | It's designed to beat offer with extra money thrown in (10) |
| CONGEAL | Company needs a new angle in the freeze (7) |
| TUGBOAT | Small powerful craft designed for moving larger vessels (7) |
| NOPPERT | Danny, Dutch darts player born in 1990, nicknamed 'The Freeze' (7) |
| NIBLICK | A point is needed to beat the old club (7) |
| AUTOBUS | French transport vehicle, or a group riding together to beat the elimination time for a 30A mountain stage |
| WHIPPET | Fast-moving racer seen to beat the favourite (7) |
| ATHLETE | He aims to beat the opposition, of course (7) |
| SHEBANG | He's out to beat the business (7) |
| AGAINST | Attempting to beat the clock (6,7,4) |
| LAYERUP | To put on many layers of clothing to beat the cold (5,2) |
| SPEEDUP | Try to beat the light, say |
| ANTI | Opposed to the freeze of the car? (4) |
| TAKEOFFICE | Become a minister in order to remove effects of the freeze? (4,6) |
| OTIOSE | Useless to go back in the freeze, so I took a break (6) |
