| DENTURES | Bonds be taken out - they bridge the gap (8) |
| AFFINITY | Relationship by marriage; or, a natural attraction/tendency to bond, be it chemical, physical or spiritual (8) |
| DENTISTS | They may bridge the gaps (8) |
| AGREEING | Pat started going out with Ted from Pentridge at the end of June -- they had a good start together as it turned out they were having the same opinions on things (8) |
| GODAVARI | The Havelock Bridge / "The Old ________ Bridge" is a decommissioned bridge on this river. |
| ANGLESEY | Connected to Bangor by Thomas Telford's Menai suspension bridge, the largest Welsh island "Ynys Mon", where Maurice Wilks conceived the idea for the Land Rover Defender (8) |
| CONTRACT | An agreement; the document stating its terms; a betrothal; or, in bridge, the final bid in the auction (8) |
| HEADROOM | Under a bridge, the wrong road home? (8) |
| SPANKING | In bridge the top man gets a beating (8) |
| APPENDIX | Writer's addition - may be taken out in the theatre! (8) |
| LATCHKEY | Going out, they lack an opener (8) |
| PILLAGED | That dill took his page - out they went and plundered! (8) |
| LEBOWSKI | Coen brothers film starring Jeff Bridges, The Big ___ |
| ABATTOIR | Where stock comes in only to be taken out |
| WINDDOWN | Relax. the crook has been taken out (4,4) |
| DENTIST | He may bridge the gap (7) |
| SPANNER | May use a wrench to help bridge the gap (7) |
| SPAN | Bridge the gap |
| DUSK | Word, related to "brown, dark, dun, misty, swarthy", for the fading and often beautiful owl-light or gloaming that bridges the gap between day and nightfall (4) |
| NARCOTIC | Is not entertaining brief part on The Bridge - the one caught with the drug (8) |
