| WISEACRE | Clever 23, one deep in the midst of ground crew |
| KIWI | Member of ground crew announcing critical leak |
| THESONOF | Who was 14/23 one, who could ever reach Dusty Springfield (3,3,2,1,8,3) |
| TRIESFOR | Makes an attempt to reach river, one deep in "Tangled Forest" (5,3) |
| MUSER | One deep in thought |
| REMINDS | "The sage in bloom; Is like perfume; Deep in the heart of Texas; ... me of; The one I love; Deep in the heart of Texas" |
| BASSO | Fish: old one's deep in sound |
| NOBELPEACEPRIZE | Accepting this award, King spoke of "the known pilots and the unknown ground crew" of the civil rights movement |
| TEETH | Bared one's ___: snarled; showed one's deep anger, in a way? |
| CAPRICCIO | Prank company welcomes 23 1, showing fourfold increase at the end of the month |
| AIRMEN | In the RAF, they may well remain ground crew |
| OUTTHETARP | *What the ground crew does when rain stops the game |
| HEAVYSLEEPER | One of those deep in the land of nod presumably won't be able to pick this up from the tracks (5,7) |
| LBW | Ground crew blind as to reversal of out decision (3) |
| TARP | Ground covering placed by the grounds crew |
| HETMANSHIP | The ground crews knowing position of Polish officer |
| MILLIPEDE | Plant one deep, confounding garden pest (9) |
| CARDINAL | For example, one deep colour (8) |
| MARIGOLD | Spoil one deep yellow flower (8) |
| SPA | Harrogate finishes one's deep amnesia (3) |
