| OCEANGOING | A liner is, in the main, working well (5-5) |
| ASSIST | With help called for, a liner is on time |
| SEASON | Time of the year when the main's working (6) |
| DESKTOP | Main working area of PC (7) |
| FRIENDLIER | If red liner is mixed it's more helpful ... (10) |
| WELLINGTON | Boot in sports car working well at first |
| TEAMPLAYER | One working well with colleagues (4,6) |
| SUFFICIENT | Adequate turnover for Guardian, working well without capital (10) |
| MANAGERIAL | On board a liner with a mag for diversion? |
| OPERA | "___ in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian": H.L. Mencken |
| ANIMALS | Little Sally is in the main enclosure with the beasts (7) |
| SEPIA | Coloured ink is, in the main, sanctimonious (5) |
| INLET | Where an admission is, in the main, lethal (5) |
| LEFTHARBOR | Departed, like a liner |
| INCA | Indian who is in the main, careful |
| MARTIN | He is, in the main, right |
| ENTIRELY | Yet liner is completely broken up (5) |
| WAYSANDMEANS | Course taken by ocean liner is limited by stingy capital resources (4,3,5) |
| AIRSANDGRACES | Tone on ocean liner is great for the different ethnic groups with affectations of superiority (4,3,6) |
| CANBERRA | Old liner is able to get carrier by radio (8) |
