| VOICED | Articulated lorry, van or bike is initially, but not taxi |
| MINI | Van or bike lead-in |
| BRIEF | Cheese fine initially, but not long |
| DEADONTIME | Late initially, but not at all late in fact? (4,2,4) |
| ITERATIVE | Repeating initially, but not entirely repeating (9) |
| RIDGEBACK | Canine riding in modified drag bike is dog from Southern Africa |
| BESPOKE | Bet shortly part of a bike is specially designed (7) |
| SIDECAR | Vehicle next to bike is raced recklessly (7) |
| RECYCLED | Embarrassed admitting bike is sent for scrap, perhaps |
| DRAGSTER | Bike is ridiculously dear, right, with the inclusion of GST? (8) |
| NONET | There is not any ten initially but a group with less members (5) |
| RIG | Articulated lorry is a put-up job (3) |
| INERTIA | Physics term to explain that a fast bike is hard to turn because it has plenty of this! (7) |
| CABOOSE | An old word for a ship's cookhouse, galley or kitchen; or, in the US, a guard's van or cabin on a train (7) |
| UNDERAGE | Get beneath a good engine, initially, but is not old enough to drive it (5-3) |
| VEH | Van or bus or auto, for short |
| TRANSITORY | Passing van or lorry at last (10) |
| HARDTOP | Parking not easy to get in van or car (7) |
| BADGE | Not a good genetic experiment initially but may get you a breastpin (5) |
| IMPENDING | Dig mine. No problem initially but something is imminent (9) |
