| BREL | Belgian singer's tour's finale, seen in nearly half of Belgium (4) |
| SPEARWORTS | Bloomers as clothing for exercise, tucking in nearly half at the bottom before cycling |
| FLANDERS | Northern half of Belgium which hosts one of the cobbled classics forming the annual road cycling race calendar (8) |
| ARIA | Opera singer's tour de force |
| ROADIE | Singer's tour worker (6) |
| ASIA | Setting for nearly half of Around the World ... |
| DANA | -- Andrews, American actor; -- Winner, Belgian singer (4) |
| ODDS | One in nearly three hundred million, for winning the Powerball Grand Prize |
| DIDIER | Belgian racer who took nearly half of all his country's GP wins, for him in the 250 & 350cc classes. (6,2,8) |
| DERADIGUES | Belgian racer who took nearly half of all his country's GP wins, for him in the 250 & 350cc classes. (6,2,8) |
| BENGALI | Easterner lodges nearly half of English in holiday island (7) |
| SCIFI | Returned nearly half of fiction in one's genre |
| COM | End of nearly half of all website addresses |
| SALVO | Shots accounting for nearly half of stimulating stuff (5) |
| SEABREEZE | Wind bears odd hissing sound, nearly half of which is lost (3,6) |
| NIGHT | Nearly half of it may be black (5) |
| STOPGAPS | Nearly half of pasta containers sent up as temporary substitutes |
| INROADS | Way to stop nearly half of 20's hostile attacks |
| REDSTAR | According to polls, nearly half of Serbia's football fans support ____ Belgrade |
| DEL | Where nearly half of the U.S.'s publicly traded cos. are incorporated |
