| ESTAFETTE | Formerly, a dispatch rider or military courier; from Italian, 'stirrup' (9) |
| HERALDS | Couriers from Austria left in droves (7) |
| NOR | "Neither snow ___ rain ___ heat ___ gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" |
| MESSENGER | Archangel Gabriel, carrier pigeon, digital nuncio, dispatch rider, herald, Paul Revere, secretary bird or town crier, all linked by delivering tidings (9) |
| ROADMOVIE | Easy Rider or Thelma & Louise, e.g. (9) |
| ROADBLOCK | A barrier set up across a street by the police or military (9) |
| EXERCISES | Physical exertions such as sit-ups, crunches or burpees; studies in music; or military drills (9) |
| OPERATION | Surgical or military piece of work (9) |
| TERRAFORM | Modify planet to bolster RAF or military areas (9) |
| FIELDDAYS | Outdoor social (or military?) gatherings (5,4) |
| SADDLE | Word, similar to that of a pew-like high-backed bench, for a rider or cyclist's seat on a horse or a bike (6) |
| SCREAM | Sound made by a roller-coaster rider or a teenage fan at a Beatles concert (6) |
| MAILSHOT | A dispatch of promotional material to a large number of people (8) |
| SCHOOLMASTER | An experienced "bombproof" horse or pony, esteemed for giving confidence to novice riders; or, a male pedagogue, principal or teacher (12) |
| ASCEND | Mount Cook's first seen in a dispatch |
| PACKUP | Discontinue one's job as a dispatch worker? (4,2) |
| SLEIGHER | Outspoken person responsible for dispatch rider in winter? |
| COURTIER | Dispatch rider to take Tibetan leader to member of the royal household (8) |
| COURIER | Royal attendant missing first sign of this dispatch rider (7) |
| ROADUSER | Driver, bike-rider or motorcyclist (4,4) |
