| LINES | Could they be companies running trawler services? (7-5) |
| FISHING | Could they be companies running trawler services? (7-5) |
| AIRLINES | Companies running passenger planes (8) |
| WHISTLESTOPS | Could they be hold-ups in play caused by the referee? (7,5) |
| NURSERYMAIDS | Could they be young ladies employed by the market gardener? (7-5) |
| TRENDSETTERS | Could they be crossword compilers who fix the fashion? (5,7) |
| INCENDIARIES | Could they be members of a firing-party? (12) |
| FLYINGSQUADS | Could they be police posses on aircraft? (6,6) |
| GHOST | Could they be authors of ?The Wraith" and ?The Phantom Spirit"? (5,7) |
| PARTY | Could they be the barriers between political factions? (5,5) |
| RAILS | Could they be the barriers between political factions? (5-5) |
| WRITERS | Could they be authors of _The Wraith" and _The Phantom Spirit"? (5-7) |
| TESTS | Could they be trials of golfers' ability? (7,5) |
| DRIVING | Could they be trials of golfers' ability? (7,5) |
| SADISTS | Being cruel, how could they be said to be saints? (7) |
| WALLS | Could they be the barriers between political factions? (5,5) |
| SNOWSHOES | Special footwear ___ could they be slippers? (4-5) |
| OFSPEECH | Could they be statistics supplied by the orator? (7,2,6) |
| NEEDLEMATCHES | Could they be hard-fought sewing contests? (6-7) |
| INSTRUCTORS | Could they be golf or tennis coaches? (7,11) (see 6D) |
