| THELMAANDLOUISE | Film in which maidens with auto hell-bent! (6,3,6) |
| TIE | Period in which maiden's removed link |
| OVERSTRESS | Maybe maidens with long hair put too much weight on |
| NARRATOR | Rat on a criminal grabbing posh car - he'll tell the story (8) |
| PSYCHE | In mythology, which maiden was loved by Eros? (6) |
| DORMANT | Party rave during which maiden is sleeping (7) |
| ONCEINABLUEMOON | Formerly well-liked, a depressed maiden with ring on rarely |
| BEONTHEBALL | How to stay with it, with boa hell-bent on destruction (2,2,3,4) |
| PENSION | Regular payment or investment associated with "auto enrolment" (7) |
| CIGUATOXIC | Poisonous smoke with auto fouled by internal-combustion |
| HYPNOTISM | Nymph is to be treated with auto-suggestion (9) |
| FRANCE | First nation with auto license plates |
| UTOPIA | Set internet provider with auto-control? That's heavenly! (6) |
| EUROBEAT | Dance-pop genre often associated with auto racing |
| ALLFORTHEBEST | American is hell-bent getting around army post chief and that's to one's advantage in the long run (3,3,3,4) |
| RESOLVED | Hell-bent old politician and runner-up are both retiring (8) |
| DISINCLINED | Hell bent? Far from it! (11) |
| FIXATED | Hell-bent agent commandeers cab travelling north |
| NCAA | Org. hell-bent on denying student athletes fair pay |
| RIVEN | Hell-bent, without divorcing at first, to get separated (5) |