| BRIDGETFONDA | Go across with thanks to hug adoring actress (7,5) |
| RETASTE | About to take note, with thanks, to savour things again (7) |
| MERCIA | Old kingdom beginning to adapt, with thanks to the French |
| TAKING | Seizing with thanks to the leader |
| DETAIN | Hold on, with thanks to one in retreat (6) |
| DELTA | Steered back, with thanks to a Greek character (5) |
| VANCOUVER | Vehicle to go across ... to go across university city (9) |
| CABALLERO | Spanish gentleman hired vehicle to go across the Pyrenees, coming to nothing (9) |
| TRIPODAL | Contest to go across school with three legs? (8) |
| OXEYE | Flower of university leaving to go across water to study |
| GALWAY | If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, promised the song, you can see the sun go down over this b |
| RISE | If you ever go across the sea to Ireland, "You will sit and watch the moon ... over Claddagh; And see the sun go down on Galway Bay" |
| DAM | Mother's a beast to go across the river (3) |
| OXBRIDGE | Both universities in Boat Race steer to go across |
| STRADDLE | 'Ad arrows in 'and, about to go across |
| OARFISH | Swimmer's stupid to go across river |
| ALLERGIST | Go across the Channel to meet heart expert at medical centre? |
| ALLERGEN | Go across the Channel with information that may produce adverse reaction |
| ATOLL | A charge to go across an island? |
| CALLER | One visiting Cherbourg initially has to go across the Channel (6) |
