| BREAKGROUND | Do something new with a pneumatic drill? |
| BREAKINGGROUND | Being innovative with a pneumatic drill |
| EARTHSHATTERING | Heart-breaking, like a pneumatic drill? (5-10) |
| EXPLORE | Look for something new with former spouse quietly roleswapping (7) |
| JACKHAMMER | The sailor could drive a nail as it's a pneumatic drill (10) |
| GROUNDBREAKING | Innovative, using a pneumatic drill |
| GROUNDBREAKER | Pioneer of the pneumatic drill? |
| BENIGN | Being strangely new with a kind disposition (6) |
| TEENAGE | Young supporter, new with a case of glee (7) |
| SAUNA | University in South Africa, new, with a steam bath (5) |
| ARTNOUVEAU | Take top off cake in Paris - it's new with a stylish decorative and curvy design (3,7) |
| BEAD | One of a series of items strung to form a necklace or a rosary; or, the edge of a pneumatic tyre that grips a wheel when inflated (4) |
| MOVEON | I left film running to do something new |
| INNOVATE | Do something new in November and at end of June |
| BORED | Ready to do something new |
| DUNLOP | A traditional Ayrshire cheese; or, the surname of a Scottish vet who invented a pneumatic tyre (6) |
| APPRENTICING | Learning a craft from a quiet jittery rep - new, with nervous twitch in gatherings at first (12) |
| SNOWTYRE | A pneumatic wheel-covering with deep treads, giving extra traction in frosty, icy or niveous conditions (4,4) |
| INNERTUBE | Part of a pneumatic tyre (5,4) |
| SAFETYVALVE | Precautionary device in a pneumatic machine |
