| OFFROADER | Defender, perhaps Pole, tackling American in advance (3-6) |
| TACTICIAN | Planner needs diplomacy at home tackling American spies (9) |
| BOGSTANDARD | Basic error from defender perhaps wrapped in British flag (3,8) |
| ALLBLACKS | Rugby team, seven of whom tackling fifty (3,6) |
| AIRMAILED | Public tackling Irishman about being sent abroad? (3-6) |
| INABADWAY | Home and Away's tackling serious suffering (2,1,3,3) |
| NASHVILLE | Nationalist remains unpleasant, tackling Liberal in American city (9) |
| ONEINFOUR | Some of the Guardian's tackling European veto (3,2,4) |
| SCARECROW | Shabbily-dressed person in Supreme Court, tackling custody dispute (9) |
| GRISAILLE | Good progress after tackling a problem in style of painting (9) |
| PREDICATE | State head tackling socialist in charge (9) |
| GUILLEMOT | Fool tackling one English test, getting the bird (9) |
| CARNIVORA | Wolves etc mostly fair when tackling men (9) |
| ENGINEERS | Soldiers surprisingly serene when tackling trap? (9) |
| ENDANGERS | Risks limits tackling drive round the bend (9) |
| PARTRIDGE | Slice drive, tackling golf game (9) |
| OSCILLATE | Outstanding Liverpudlian singer primarily tackling early swing (9) |
| INANIMATE | Still stupid tackling one on rug (9) |
| SPECTATOR | One watches Wall of Sound producer tackling a tango (9) |
| KINDLIEST | Most generous way to support fan tackling Boz (9) |
