| TRANSECT | Cut across area, covering most of the main points (8) |
| ATROCITY | It's an awful abuse of power taking up most of the main artery to Dublin, for instance (8) |
| SAFEHAVEN | Cut across area that's fine but not in shelter |
| DEAF | Like most of the main characters in the movie "CODA" |
| YASHMAK | It covers most of the main features (7) |
| RUTHLESS | Harsh regulations covering most of the south |
| KALAHARI | - Desert; merging with the Namib in the southwest, an arid plateau covering most of Botswana and parts of Namibia (8) |
| CARDINAL | One of the main points made by the churchman (8) |
| OUTLINES | Sketchy summaries of the main points (8) |
| SYNOPSIS | Summary of the main points (8) |
| AIREDALE | A large, rough-haired, tan-coloured breed of terrier with a black, saddle-shaped patch covering most of its back (8) |
| ACRYLICS | Scary shifts, covering most of lap in synthetic fibres (8) |
| SPECTRUM | Play guitar, covering most of Kiss and Rainbow (8) |
| ICEFIELD | Covering most of Antarctica or Greenland, a mass of interconnected glaciers (3,5) |
| OPERATOR | Mechanic over each area covering rising rust (8) |
| HEBRIDES | 1dn area covering Western Isles (8) |
| PRECINCT | Kind of scan pincer movement across area (8) |
| TITILLATED | Excited by Dublin Institute review covering most of the turnover from The Dead (10) |
| SEA | Mass of salt water covering most of the earth's surface (3) |
| OMAGH | Fermanagh and ---, local government district covering most of the southwest of Northern Ireland (5) |
