| DRAWFIRSTBLOOD | Forward played with solid tactical brilliance at the start to open the scoring |
| TOTS | Start to open the school for children |
| HOFFMAN | "300 club" NRL forward played for Melbourne Storm and NZ Warriors (7) |
| BALUSTER | Support graduate with brilliance at Harvard, say |
| BLUSTER | Hot air balloon's initial brilliance at Cape Canaveral (7) |
| RABBLE | In another way, babel right at the start to the common people |
| APPRECIABLE | Recycling paper's sustainable - with a twentyfold increase at the start to make it significant |
| ALTITUDE | Scope with switch at the start to get elevation (8) |
| MILLRUN | Manage a factory, at the start, to go on stream (4-3) |
| PREDOMINATE | Talk foolishly about flipping way I need at the start to be in control |
| YETI | Yes, time, at the start to find Abominable Snowman (4) |
| EXPERTISE | A specialist is expected, at the start, to show mastery (9) |
| AIRSHIP | One that flies first class, refusing at the start to go by sea |
| PAGE | Pay at the start to get on section of website (4) |
| SCRIBE | Two hands drop out at the start, to get an account from a writer (6) |
| TOWERED | Thorn at the start to be in red, red rose (7) |
| RAVE | Welcome right at the start, to fume |
| RHO | With right hand, start to open letter from abroad |
| OFT | Start to open paper on many occasions in the past (3) |
| MARKER | The pivotal soldier, who will do the scoring at billiards (6) |
