| SPARKGAP | Confused gasp about grounds in small space between electrodes (5,3) |
| CLOSESET | With only a small space between them, eyes perhaps |
| GAP | Small space between a subway car and the platform |
| ELECTRICARC | Luminous space between electrodes when a current passes |
| NARROWGAPS | Small spaces between areas, or what's represented in the long entries |
| ARCLAMPS | They produce light by current flowing across the gaps between electrodes (3,5) |
| ENFORCER | Caught hiding in small space in place of Queen's prosecutor? |
| EDMONTON | Tom and Don worked in small space for capital in Alberta (8) |
| EMBODIED | Expressed in small space, smell faded away (8) |
| ENMESHED | Crosophile caught in small space with this woman - leader of dogs snarled |
| PLEASANT | Gasp about endless tenancy in Nice (8) |
| BENEDICT | ____ XVI, late Pope who resigned on health grounds in 2013 (8) |
| WEARTHIN | Victory about ground may become less convincing over time (4,4) |
| SMASHING | Great! Croon about ground food... (8) |
| FLIPPANT | Disrespectful cheek- fine to gasp about that (8) |
| EGGPLANT | Online, Girl Guides gasp about large aubergine (8) |
| FRAPPANT | Striking fellow with gasp about type of music (8) |
| GAPS | Cols; intervals; openings in fences, pairs of curtains, walls etc; spaces between electrodes across which sparks can jump; or, unfilled slots in diaries (4) |
| SPYGLASS | Sly gasps about telescope (8) |
| GRAPHITE | Crystalline form of carbon used in manufacturing electrodes (8) |
