| STAIRCASE | Flight of stepped canal locks e.g. at Foxton, Leicestershire (9) |
| MAYAS | Builders of stepped pyramids |
| MANAWATU | River which flows into the Tasman at Foxton Beach (8) |
| RESIDENCY | Series of consecutive shows by a singer or comedian, eg, at one venue (9) |
| LETHARGIC | Learner I chart eg at work as sluggish (9) |
| STRATAGEM | Wheeze, returning from exam eg at art school (9) |
| OLDSTAGER | Veteran batting eg at Lord's |
| SATISFIED | E.g. at dinner table, one's given food and one's content? (9) |
| FLIGHT | Tail of a dart; series of steps or canal locks; or, one of the words for a flock of doves or swallows (6) |
| REACH | Stretch of water between canal locks or river bends; a boxer's "wingspan"; a measure of the size of an audience exposed to an advert; or, the distance sailed between tacks |
| LEICS | County location (abbrev.) of Foxton Locks (5) |
| CHAIR | Preside over opening of canal locks (5) |
| GATES | They control water flow in canal locks (5) |
| ONEIDALAKE | Water between two Erie Canal locks |
| BARGEIN | What the horrid queue-jumper does at the canal lock? (5,2) |
| GATE | One of two canal lock enclosures (4) |
| REDHAIR | Prince Harry's locks, e.g. |
| JAM | Tricky situation for Buckler, Foxton and Weller? (3) |
| POUND | A shelter for stray dogs; a level stretch between two canal locks; or, a UK monetary unit represented by the " £" sign, for libra (5) |
| NARROWBOAT | Described in a book by L. T. C. Rolt, a type of vessel steered with a tiller on the UK's canals, locks and navigable rivers (10) |
