| MEATLOAF | Afloat at sea, I'm on top with something to eat (4,4) |
| BOOBYPRIZE | Idiot on top with something for bottom (5,5) |
| PIRATE | No good at sea, I'm up to a little over 3mph? (6) |
| BEDTIME | The point of retirement is to live with little money keeping afloat at the end (7) |
| HEADSTART | Tops with something sweet, it's an advantage initially (4,5) |
| EXCEPTION | "Everyone delights to spend their summer's holiday; Down beside the side of the silvery sea; I'm no ... to the rule," sang Florrie Forde. "I do love to be beside the seaside" |
| FLOWERED | The cow, when surrounded with something to eat, blossomed (8) |
| MACARONI | And 6dn Aeromechanics take pill with something to eat (8,6) |
| BRINDLED | Streaky bacon on top with rind already oddly missing (8) |
| LATTICED | Coffee almost decorated on top with a crisscross pattern (8) |
| LEVERAGE | Purchase always left on top with time (8) |
| OPPONENT | Adversary on top with pen for rewrite (8) |
| IMPOLITE | I'm on top of stick crushing it, so short |
| OVERLAID | Covered on top, with round face |
| PRICE | What you have to pay to finish up with something to eat (5) |
| COMESTIBLE | Arrive at fence crossing over first burn with something to eat (10) |
| SCALLOP | To mollify, call in with something to eat (7) |
| NOUGAT | On return, a tug is sent out with something to eat (6) |
| HEADACHE | Point to an old revolutionary with something to worry about (8) |
| TRICE | Finish breakfast with something to eat in a moment (5) |