| WACKFORDSQUEERS | Cruel schoolmaster was taking in empty creek: crossing's dodgy |
| WORDSWORDSWORDS | Rows about two weapons Hamlet said he was taking in |
| CAUSEWAYS | Creek crossings |
| HERBERTCARTER | Which schoolmaster was an active collector and entomologist interested in beetles and weevils, an ho |
| QUEER | Tips off cruel schoolmaster? That's odd (5) |
| SQUEERS | Cruel schoolmaster odd to find aboard ship (7) |
| NING | Who is this gymnast, who won six medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, which, incidentally, was the first Olympics in which his country was taking part (it has now become a sporting powerhouse)? (4) |
| LI | Who is this gymnast, who won six medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, which, incidentally, was the first Olympics in which his country was taking part (it has now become a sporting powerhouse)? (2) |
| BRITNEYSPEARSFISH | Singing, dancing, and touring was taking its toll, so now ___ in the Caribbean |
| BALD | "I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill |
| EMBALMED | Lenin was taking party with me, after revolution, over the sea (8) |
| DISAGREED | Animal chatter I'd recalled was taking a different line |
| GLAZING | Working on windows while gang leader was taking it easy |
| DATED | Was taking a girl out, which is old-fashioned (5) |
| GONETOPOT | Had deteriorated and was taking dope? (4,2,3) |
| PUPATE | Young animal was taking food to effect a transformation |
| BETTERMENT | A gambler was taking on workers, at the end, for their benefit (10) |
| STARLING | A bird was taking a leading role, changing right for left (8) |
| WASABI | Was taking a small bite of Japanese paste (6) |
| TRANSITIONAL | Italians torn about description of period where change was taking place |
