| VAPID | Feeble, having taken new lead when fast (5) |
| DANCES | Start to deliver winning services, having taken new balls (6) |
| HEBRIDES | Chap's taken new wife in British Isles |
| LOSER | Missing lead when nearer, he doesn't win (5) |
| GUIDE | Take the lead when little Edward turns up after guys under instruction, initially (5) |
| ROUND | Plump dog with new lead (5) |
| LEASH | I left Sheila new lead (5) |
| SOUND | Healthy dog given new lead (5) |
| EVANS | Matt _, Summer Bay's Theo Poulos, the new lead singer of Salt house band Lyrik (5) |
| ELAND | New lead required for an antelope |
| NOOSE | New leads for on/off switch puts an end to trouble with potentially fatal opening (5) |
| SOUNDOFF | Complain loudly - when fast asleep? (5,3) |
| DEADTOTHEWORLD | Uninteresting, in everyone's opinion, when fast asleep (4,2,3,5) |
| NOSEAHEAD | Just take the lead when lacking marine command? (4,5) |
| REDALERT | Warning about merchant swallowing lead when half-cut (3,5) |
| PANCAKEDAY | Date for races when fast start anticipated? |
| SPINNER | Turn to him when fast bowlers fail? (7) |
| GOESFORTHEGOAD | Takes a commanding lead when running for the cattle prod? |
| HUB | Radiation from this type of lead when uranium's included |
| STAR | In which he might lead when deserters have returned (4) |
