| SCUZZBALL | American fellow who'd sink low, showing signs of bends in diving gear, left lake |
| DIVE | Falsifying half the evidence, sink low (4) |
| WETSUIT | We head on to tango clubs, perhaps, in diving gear! (7) |
| SODALL | Nothing left, lake beyond a splash of water (3,3) |
| ILLATEASE | I left lake with a kid far from relaxed (3,2,4) |
| VALERIE | Lady Virginia left lake (7) |
| RIGIDNESS | Lack of bend in river? Design is faulty (9) |
| FAUCET | Pipe feature, a sort of bend in it |
| TUT | Sound mildly disapproving of bend in motorcycle event (3) |
| TURNPIKE | Point east of bend in US toll road (8) |
| SCHOOLGIRL | Rejected gear left by fishes one found in stream |
| CLOG | Obstruct bit of gear left inside (4) |
| POSSESSED | Under the influence of spirits, speed so recklessly around a couple of bends (9) |
| CHICANE | Series of bends on a racetrack, used to slow cars at the end of a straight (7) |
| ZEPPELIN | Zoe unloaded medical gear left on board aircraft (8) |
| EELPOT | Fishing gear left underwater |
| REGAL | Fancy gear left befitting a monarch (5) |
| LUCKYBAG | A random dip, miscellany or sampling of goodies in a sealed packet, whether purchased as a novelty or given as a party favour; a Japanese fortune "fukubukuro"; or, a ship's bin for lost property or ge |
| WAVY | Road round centre of Dover is full of bends |
| RAZOR | Laugh about rounding a couple of bends - one's sharp (5) |
