| HIGHSPEED | A song by Coldplay; or, a general description of the rate of a bullet train or broadband over 10Mbps (4,5) |
| YELLOW | One of the two classic colours with green of John Deere tractors; a song by Coldplay; or, the ball worth two points in snooker (6) |
| VELOCITY | A measure of the rate of motion of a body expressed as the rate of change of its position in a particular direction with time |
| COHYPONYM | Horse in company song, docked one sharing a general description |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Measure of the rate of industrial output (12) |
| BAND | Coldplay or the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| BLUR | "View" from a bullet train window |
| YEN | Money for a bullet train ticket, maybe |
| FAST | Like a Bullet Train |
| BAKE | Batch of biscuits, bread, cakes or pies prepared at one time; or, a general word for an oven-cooked mixture of ingredients in the form of a gratin, lasagne or a tian e.g. (4) |
| CHAIR | Office of a bishop or judge; a professorship; a sedan on poles; a prize at an eisteddfod; or, a general word for a seat derived from the Latin word "cathedra" (5) |
| ZIP | Imitative word for a ping, the whizz of a bullet flying through the air, or a toothed fastener; or, oomph or vigour (3) |
| RACK | One of the four gaits of a horse or pony; or, a general name for a farm where a hound puppy is sent for training (4) |
| BREW | Informal word for a beverage such as a beer, coffee or tea prepared by steeping; a can, cup or glass of said drink; or, a general concoction (4) |
| SYNOPSIS | A summary of the plot of a book, film or play; or, a general view (8) |
| THEBLUEROOM | A 1901 painting by Pablo Picasso, a 1998 play by David Hare or a 1999 EP by Coldplay |
| CATALYST | A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction without itself suffering any permanent chemical change (8) |
| PARADISE | 2011 song by Coldplay which starts: "When she was just a girl she expected the world" (8) |
| FALL | Polyseme for a cascade, decrease in price, descent of a kingdom, post-pride tumble, seasonal drop of leaves in the autumn or a general stumble (4) |
| RACEMEETING | General description of an event or series of events such as the Epsom Derby or Cheltenham Festival (4,7) |
