| SAILCLOSETO | Dirty Harry initially lies: Clint Eastwood to verge on dishonesty (4,5,2,3,4) |
| THEWIND | Dirty Harry initially lies: Clint Eastwood to verge on dishonesty (4,5,2,3,4) |
| TOTHEWIND | Verge on dishonesty or disaster (at sea?) (4,5,2,3,4) |
| SAILCLOSE | Verge on dishonesty or disaster (at sea?) (4,5,2,3,4) |
| SON | Scott Eastwood, to Clint Eastwood |
| BATH | Have a soak with Tom and Harry initially to a degree (4) |
| DIESELOIL | Fuel processing operation initially lies idle (6,3) |
| HERRING | Harry initially going astray for swimmer (7) |
| GETOVER | Manage to cross despite swerving to verge (3,4) |
| HEDGE | Hothead next to verge finding row of shrubs (5) |
| LOOM | Initially lie low, returning to tower (4) |
| OVERRIDE | Old driver terribly close to verge? Use manual control (8) |
| BLAZE | Burglars initially lie about fire (5) |
| EILEEN | "You in that dress / My thoughts I confess / Verge on dirty / Ah, come on, ____" (Dexy's Midnight Runners) |
| AWAY | A verge on the road for the team having to travel (4,4) |
| SIDE | A verge on the road for the team having to travel (4,4) |
| EGO | On and off, verge on selfishness (3) |
| DOGBERRYISM | Message to Verges maybe amounts to this: “Riders go by in order with little male behind” |
| DREDGE | Dig up verge on the other side of the drive (6) |
| SIDEREAL | Verge on material of the stars (8) |
