| MARGINAL | Alarming, stumbling on the edge |
| CARPETSLIPPER | Footwear favoured by one stumbling on vehicle (6-7) |
| MARTINFROBISHER | Explorer of Canada stumbling on British farmer (6,9) |
| PHENOMENON | Men phone, after stumbling on incident (10) |
| EMOTION | Feeling nothing in time, stumbling on (7) |
| COMINGACROSS | Stumbling on subsequent clue? (6,6) |
| MAN | "One cannot always be laughing at a ___ without now and then stumbling on something witty": Jane Austen |
| JANEAUSTEN | "One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty" writer |
| DISADVANTAGE | Unfinished record by The Edge is a stumbling block (12) |
| BEERHALL | Stumbling here, between the dancing party and the drinking party? (4,4) |
| BARRIER | A stumbling block with first barrel - there's no head on the porter (7) |
| MIDSTREAM | Mermaid stumbling over stone halfway across the water |
| HINDRANCES | Stumbling blocks back on faulty cranes |
| ISSUES | The stumbling blocks for lots of children (6) |
| LONEWOLF | Fellow stumbling about on Maverick (4,4) |
| CRASHBARRIER | Economic disaster is a stumbling block and it's down the road for everyone with cars! (5,7) |
| GHASTLY | Awful, stumbling hag on dance programme missing trick, you say? (7) |
| TITUBANCY | Imagine clipping head after the infant in clumsy boat is stumbling |
| OFFPISTE | Runners on less firm terrain here - fine, in spite of stumbling |
| LOANDBEHOLD | See a blonde stumbling, getting on after husband (2,3,6) |
