| COWORKER | Elwood at the centre in Cork has half a beer with colleague (2-6) |
| BEGIN | Start with half a beer with a gin to follow |
| BICYCLES | Visibility at the centre in a roundabout way is stop-start for the pedallers (8) |
| EMPLOYEE | Worker left boys at the centre in accommodation supplied by MP (8) |
| ABINITIO | Academy can get editions from the centre in Rome from the beginning (2,6) |
| NIGHTJAR | Time in bed having a beer with a bird (8) |
| ABERDEEN | A beer with Ned getting drunk in the city (8) |
| DIALOGUE | Turns up, laid on own goal in the middle in fluent passage, in a manner of speaking (8) |
| SOMERSET | A bit of relaxation disturbed in the middle in largely rural area (8) |
| BUNGALOW | Cork has a blue house (8) |
| OKCORRAL | Tombstone feature I agree to carve in the middle, in pink |
| SANDWICH | Place in the middle in Kent (8) |
| GINRUMMY | Card game, usually for two players, created by Elwood T. Baker and his son in 1909 (3,5) |
| FRENCHWINE | Those with a nice heritage beat Marseille at The Centre in the red and white of Bordeaux? (6,4) |
| DANKROYD | Portrayer of Elwood Blues |
| SAYING | Carol embraces holidaymaker at the centre, in a manner of speaking (6) |
| HOOPLA | Pope at the centre in Madrid, greeting in excitement (6) |
| DOTHETANGO | Dance party with band at the centre in violent ghetto (2,3,5) |
| ENTREE | Rent building freely at the centre in Paris, for starters (6) |
| SCHERZI | School where, at The Centre in Czech Republic, leader of insurrection produces a number of lively movements (7) |