| HALFBACK | Fifty per cent return in 5 down? (4-4) |
| REVERENT | Did a tern veer away in flight with 5 down? (8) |
| FOOTPUMP | Measurement relating to milk in the forceful sense is responsible for inflation in 5 down perhaps (4,4) |
| VERYGOOD | Fine grey cross-bred ducks seen in 5 Down (4,4) |
| ACOVERUP | Eg 24 19 9 12 25 5 down? The Bill on the way to London (1,5,2) |
| HOUSEMAN | Young doctor (and 5 down?) (8) |
| CHAIRMAN | Host has caught male 5 down? (8) |
| ACADEMIC | One of those in 5 down is similar in theory (8) |
| IRANIANS | One sought office for half the Italians in 5 down, for instance (8) |
| DELOREAN | Futuristic car featured in 5 down (8) |
| TURNCOAT | Go around in 5 down, perhaps, betraying one |
| BUILDERS | Working on a home away from home, they're responsible for first five characters in 5 down (8) |
| STANDSBY | Is supportive of first five characters in 5 down finding school for heartless child (6,2) |
| CASSETTE | Plastic unit containing reels and audiotape; or, a set of sprockets on the vehicle described in 5 Down (8) |
| FINALIST | This person or team had overcome the heat to be one of these in 5-Down (8) |
| SPIGOT | Tap for a greedy eater in five down |
| JACK | First name of 5 down?s partner (in crime) in 9 across, 8 down (4) |
| OLIVE | 5 down?s sister in 9 across, 8 down (5) |
| BLOWININTHEWIND | 27 Down's 5 Down? (6,2,3,4) |
| AWING | Flying to one side (from "5 Down"?) (1-4) |
