| STOKER | Cyclist at the back of a tandem; person who tends a steamship's furnace; or, the author of Dracula (6) |
| SEAT | One of a tandem's two |
| BOARDMAN | Chris ---, gold-winning British cyclist at the 1992 Olympics |
| HASTE | Some relish a steamship's excessive speed (5) |
| BERLIN | Capital city in Switzerland filled with cyclists at the centre (6) |
| CONVERGE | Meet first cyclist at side of road (8) |
| URINATE | Possibly ruin a cyclist at last? Drug use can (7) |
| WELLS | One of the UK's smallest cities; or, the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds (5) |
| HILL | Originator of the penny postage; or, the author of I'm the King of the Castle and The Woman in Black (4) |
| WHITE | Colour of the cue ball in snooker, pool and billiards; or, the author of Charlottes Web and The Trumpet of the Swan (5) |
| BRIGGS | Mathematician who developed John Napier's work on the logarithm; or, the author of When the Wind Blows and Ug (6) |
| HORNBY | Meccano inventor who founded a model railway company; or, the author of High Fidelity and About a Boy (6) |
| BAKER | Engineer who designed the Forth Bridge with Sir John Fowler; or, the author of The Peregrine (5) |
| PEARS | Orchard fruits used for perry; or, the author of In the Place of Fallen Leaves and the West Country trilogy (5) |
| LEE | The sheltered side of a ship, opposite its weather/windward side; or, the author of Cider with Rosie (3) |
| MUIR | Scots word for heath; or, the author of the What-a-Mess books (4) |
| GOATHERD | A flockmaster/mistress who tends a trip of billies, nannies and their kids - Peter in Heidi, for example (8) |
| NURSE | Healthcare professional such as a sister in charge of a ward; or, a worker bee that tends a brood (5) |
| FINERY | Ostentatious or showy adornments; or, a furnace or hearth for the conversion of pig iron into wrought iron (6) |
| GRAVES | Wine region of Bordeaux; or, the author of The White Goddess (6) |
