| EXCELLENCY | Former prison on banks of Clyde hosting centres of entrepreneurship of great merit (10) |
| USOPEN | American and Central European centres of entrepreneurship where 19Ac won (2,4) |
| EXCELLENCE | Official title of great merit (10) |
| ESSENCE | Nature of eastern loch rising on banks of Clyde (7) |
| SENESCE | Grow old, making sense on banks of Clyde (7) |
| ONCE | Formerly working on banks of Clyde (4) |
| MONKEYS | Hometown movement hosting centres of gambling solutions for band (3,4,7) |
| THEBLOW | Hometown movement hosting centres of gambling solutions for band (3,4,7) |
| STEED | Mount of great merit |
| WELSHCORGI | Showgirl dancing on the banks of Clyde, stroked by the Queen? (5,5) |
| UDYAMSHALA | Scheme reviewed by Uttarakhand Chief Minister to promote rural entrepreneurship.(middle name) (10) |
| RAMSHACKLE | Drive cabin on banks of Lee into a state of severe disrepair |
| STALAGMITE | Effect of dripping in prison on small child |
| CARFERRIES | Vessels in decay loaded with iron on banks of river (3,7) |
| PAREXCELLENCE | Golf score with great merit, superior to all others of the same sort (3,10) |
| CLARKE | Escapade set in banks of Clyde for 21Ac boss (6) |
| JOYCE | Writer shows jubilation by banks of Clyde (5) |
| AIRFORCE | Service music for banks of Clyde (3,5) |
| ALBANY | HM Prison ____, a Category B men's prison on the Isle of Wight (6) |
| PARKHURST | Location northwest of Newport, Isle of Wight, housing one of two prisons on the island |
