| TRANSKEI | Apartheid state ranks terribly close to collapse in it, on reflection (8) |
| ARKANSAS | State ranks as a disaster |
| RARE | Unfamiliar counterargument has something in it, on reflection (4) |
| AREA | The United States ranks fourth in the world in this |
| RETAILER | Top seller close to collapse in air terminal complex (4,8) |
| BEDECKED | Decorated pack close to collapse in base (8) |
| OVERRIDE | Old driver terribly close to verge? Use manual control (8) |
| COLLAPSE | Holding up a friend terribly close to breakdown and fixes (7) |
| INTIMATE | One person's close friend? That's about it, on reflection (8) |
| CONFETTI | Papers covering union conference's opening often misrepresented it, on reflection (8) |
| ALPHABET | Mike, Charlie, Oscar, and Victor appear in it on radio (8) |
| IGNITION | Serviceman stands in it on repairing firing system (8) |
| AVIATION | Flying through in it on a special (8) |
| SANDSHOE | You may put your foot in it on the beach (8) |
| BEEFCAKE | Hunk beginning to collapse in imitation of worker? (8) |
| QUESTION | Topic: Queen has deductive flair about it, on reflection |
| TEAMGAME | People take part in it on the side |
| ALFRESCO | Terribly close, far out of the house (8) |
| DAMOCLES | Sword man sees barrier terribly close (8) |
| TAPSALTEERIE | Thanks crooked parties, taking in left even, close to collapse in state of chaos (12) |
