| VICAR | Churchman caught Ravi messing about (5) |
| IDYLL | Blissful time, messing about idly on lake (5) |
| SEPIA | Brown ape is messing about (5) |
| RATTY | Character in The Wind in the Willows who likes "messing about in boats" (5) |
| RHINE | Messing about in her country river |
| PARIPASSU | Wasting time upstairs, Pa! Messing about together (4,5) |
| COUNCILHOUSE | Louche cousin messing about in rented accommodation (7,5) |
| PETEROOSTERHUIS | Great golfer superior to these messing about (5,10) |
| CALENDARMONTH | An old merchant messing about June? (8,5) |
| THEWATERCARRIER | Sign writer messing about with car heater (3,5,7) |
| LIGHTYEAR | Hate girly messing about? One wouldn't go that far (5,4) |
| CUTTOTHECHASE | Stop messing about and switch to TV quiz? (3,2,3,5) |
| REMISS | The accident I had last summer in the middle of Bissom was brought about by me messing about and lacking proper attention to what I was doing (6) |
| DIGITALWATCH | I act with lag messing about with Dutch timepiece (7,5) |
| CLEANKILL | The result of precision game shooting- no messing about (5,4) |
| CLOWNING | Cold fish now changing within and messing about |
| ASSIGNMENT | Soldier's messing about in task (10) |
| HORSEPLAY | Messing about (as a steed?) (9) |
| LIGHTER | The girl messing about in a boat (7) |
| MASSMEETING | Team messing about in huge gathering |
