| OILMAN | Boring chap perhaps but he keeps us going (6) |
| OILMEN | Boring chaps perhaps, but they keep us going (6) |
| BODILY | Lad holds back cover for functions that keep us going |
| DEALER | A leader, perhaps, but he won't lead (6) |
| TOILER | Loiter perhaps, but he's unlikely to! (6) |
| EXODUS | No longer perform backwards, getting us going (6) |
| SURELY | How you can rely on us going wrong (6) |
| LUXURY | A rare pleasure left us going around by railway (6) |
| NUDISM | Mind us going without any clothes (6) |
| STABLE | Bus having dropped us, going into old building (6) |
| GRINGO | Foreigner in Latin America going off about air terminal (6) |
| ABSURD | It's farcical to drive the first bus in America going all the way back (6) |
| TIDES | Keeps us going, ... us over |
| INERTIA | Sloth, lack of skill, and in English now what keeps us going |
| IDLER | He's riled perhaps, but he does nothing |
| OLDFATHERTHAMES | Most half-hearted moving around, but he keeps rolling |
| LOLLIPOP | Boring chap going round in a circle - the sucker |
| FELLOWTRAVELLER | Pair up with composer, boring chap one accompanies (6,9) |
| COLONIST | Coin lost, perhaps, but he settles |
| ABSTAINER | Eats in bar, perhaps, but he won't drink in one (9) |
