| SAILOR | Get under way, or become a matelot |
| AFOOT | Word used to mean in progress or under way; or, walking or running, as opposed to travelling by car etc (5) |
| SEAMAN | Roughly means to restrain a matelot (6) |
| ASSAULT | A matelot, reportedly offensive |
| RATING | Sailor: a matelot ultimately saved by lifebelt say? (6) |
| PRIG | Get a grip on yourself or become a self-righteous type (4) |
| YOGINI | A female who greets the sun with a salutation, assumes the pose of a tree or becomes a warrior on her mat, often chanting "om shanti" (6) |
| RESISTOR | Disturb a nurse, or become a current obstruction |
| COROLLA | Firm to get under way with a flower show (7) |
| INMOTION | Put forward a new proposal to get under way (2,6) |
| CUTANDRUN | Get under way in a hurry (3,3,3) |
| VISITOR | Go and see, or become a caller |
| EDITOR | Check, or become a media boss |
| HELICOPTER | Either clop or become a rotary-bladed aircraft |
| MOTOR | Tom is to return or become a mover (5) |
| ROTOR | Rot, or become a turning member |
| ACTOR | Perform, or become a dramatic artist |
| NOHOPER | Use phone - or become a loser (2-5) |
| ROLLINGSTOCK | Get under way in good conventional vehicles on a railway? (7,5) |
| ANCHORMAN | Does he determine whether a TV programme can get under way? (9) |
