| EAROFCORN | Eastern Australian turns back for painful callus - a cob! (3,2,4) |
| ROLL | Let the waggons do it with a cob! (4) |
| SADISM | Shortly, Samuel will welcome Sidney back for painful practice (6) |
| EYESTRAIN | Casting retina about agreement makes for painful reading (9) |
| HEARTBURN | Try twice to swallow vitamin for painful condition (9) |
| ALPINEASH | The south-eastern Australian tree Eucalyptus delegatensis (6,3) |
| MELBOURNE | Spice girl barely tours north-eastern Australian city (9) |
| SWANSDOWN | A cob, "cygnus" or pen's fine fluffy under-plumage traditionally used for muffs, pelerines, powder puffs or trimmings; a mixed fabric of wool and silk/cotton; or, a flannelette-like cloth formerly use |
| CORNSWEAT | Wet accumulation on a farm formed by a vegetable with a cob + a word meaning "perspire": 2 wds. |
| SWEETCORN | Food on a cob |
| NAPS | Rests, and turns back for the bridge (4) |
| SIMPLETON | It's easy not to turn back for a dull person |
| REVENGE | For example, never turn back for retaliation |
| NIPS | Turn back for a few little drinks |
| HERNIA | That woman in a treatment for painful affliction (6) |
| SNIPS | Turns back for short cuts (5) |
| GIANTSTINGINGTREE | Eastern Australian plant that can be painful to encounter (5,8,4) |
| FILBERT | Word for a cob or a hazelnut thought to derive from the name of the saint whose feast day coincided with the nutting season; or, a paintbrush used for oils (7) |
| HORSE | Cavalry collectively; a "buck" for gymnastically vaulting over; a clothes airer; an equid such as a cob, hack, hunter or shire; or, the male of said animal, as opposed to a mare (5) |
| SWEETEN | Turn back for news about tee, to make it more agreeable |
