| CUTINFRONTOF | Annoy by jumping the queue, and a hint to the circled words |
| BUSK | Play to the queue and get transport at the end of a week (4) |
| PUSHIN | Jump the queue and make a dent (4,2) |
| COMEINTOLINE | Join the queue and cooperate |
| TIEDUPINKNOTS | Really nervous, and a hint to the circled words |
| SPLITINFINITIVE | Grammarian's gripe, and a hint to the circled words |
| INSIDEJOBS | Employee-assisted crimes, and a hint to the circled words |
| APPLETURNOVERS | Fruity desserts, and a hint to the circled words |
| PRINTMAKING | Craft using inked blocks, and a hint to the circled words |
| JUMPSUITS | One-piece outfits... or a hint to the circled words? |
| WESLEY | Author first published when she was 70 whose novels include Jumping the Queue, The Camomile Lawn, Harnessing Peacocks and A Sensible Life (6) |
| SEEINTHEFLESH | Spot IRL, or a phonetic hint to the circled word crossing this answer |
| WHYINTHEWORLD | "For what reason ...," or a phonetic hint to the circled word crossing this answer |
| BEINTHEDARK | Have no information, or a phonetic hint to the circled word below this answer |
| TWOPEASINAPOD | Nearly identical duo, or a phonetic hint to the circled word crossing this answer |
| THOU | Film where three chained convicts try - and fail - to escape by jumping onto a moving train and then escape via a handcart operated by a blind man (1, 7, 5, 3, 4) |
| WHEREART | Film where three chained convicts try - and fail - to escape by jumping onto a moving train and then escape via a handcart operated by a blind man (1, 7, 5, 3, 4) |
| OBROTHER | Film where three chained convicts try - and fail - to escape by jumping onto a moving train and then escape via a handcart operated by a blind man (1,7,5, 3,4) |
| LINE | Queue, and word that can follow both words in the answers to starred clues |
| DUNK | In basketball, a shot made by jumping and pushing the ball down into the hoop (4) |
