| VIN | Diesel often found in a muscle car |
| VTEN | The muscle of a muscle car, maybe |
| TTOP | Type of roof for a muscle car |
| SOUPUP | Improve a muscle car engine |
| VROOM | Sound from a muscle car |
| PEC | Muscle often featured in a muscle mag |
| RULER | Item often found in a pencil-case with crayons, erasers, felt-tip pens, scissors, sharpeners etc; a term for a planet held to influence a given zodiacal sign; or, an emperor, monarch, raja or other le |
| BURN | A pain felt in a muscle, often experienced during strenuous exercise (4) |
| TWINGE | Feel a sudden sharp, local pain - especially in a muscle. (6) |
| KNOT | Tightness in the stomach or in a muscle |
| BUREAU | A chest of drawers often found in a bedroom, sometimes combined with a fold-down desk (6) |
| MYALGIA | What is the technical name for a pain in a muscle? (7) |
| ARM | Thing shown off in a muscle shirt |
| YEW | Often found in a country churchyard, a conifer with knot-free wood traditionally used to make the longbows of medieval archers (3) |
| ALACARTE | One has several options as a muscle car's punctured tyre at the finish (1,2,5) |
| NOUGAT | It's often found in a bar |
| ONES | Bills often found in a tip jar |
| FERN | Plant often found in a waiting room |
| ORGAN | Newspaper, say, that's often found in a loft (5) |
| TEA | Brewed beverage often found in a bag |
