| COMMENTARIES | Express an opinion on first sign of spring with minute-by-minute reports on the game (12) |
| DECAMPS | On first sign of danger, politician in criminal case absconds (7) |
| PRESSBOX | Place to report on the game |
| DICTIONARIES | In a manner of speaking, it's one of the first signs of spring in reference books (12) |
| HAZARDAGUESS | Venture an opinion on danger, fever and steamship (6,1,5) |
| STEVEFOSSETT | 14 days, 20 hours, 1 minute by balloon |
| BOUNDARIES | The outer limits of spring and the first sign of spring? (10) |
| SEPTEMBER | ... the start of spring, with pest swarming over remains of fire (9) |
| BAKERIES | Note the first sign of spring around Kildare in operations making plenty of dough (8) |
| SHARES | Beginning of spring with cross-country runners — they churn up the soil |
| SECRETARY | One making a note of the proceedings minute by minute (9) |
| LEAFLET | Notice, perhaps, the first sign of spring in the garden (7) |
| KIRRIEMUIR | French cocktail middle of spring with Aussie runner starts to interest rural Angus town (10) |
| DIARIES | Daily Records' disastrous leaders the first sign of spring? (7) |
| SICILY | Start of spring with a chill in Mediterranean location |
| SUCCESSOR | One following start of spring with wild crocuses |
| WELCH | Avoid payment in much of spring with central heating (5) |
| SPOIL | Damage first pair of springs with black fluid (5) |
| DOOBIE | "Minute by Minute" ___ Brothers |
| LITTLEBYLITTLE | Slowly, minute by minute? |
