| LASTLEGS | Going soon but not yet to final parts of competition (4,4) |
| CANONLAW | Charlie is going soon to American city to work with religious orders perhaps (5,3) |
| UNDUE | Excessive, but not yet to be paid |
| ONSHORE | Ransack her soon, but not at sea (7) |
| INTHESHORTRUN | Soon but not during the marathon (2,3,5,3) |
| ESSENCES | Final parts of The Trojans - various scenes showing distinctive qualities (8) |
| ENGORGES | Makes a pig of final parts to George Gershwin song, stripping Porgy and Bess (8) |
| ROUNDOFF | Finish tidily, part of competition being cancelled |
| TAILENDS | Has the propensity to get sick in the final parts (4,4) |
| TAILSPIN | Final parts have sharp point in spiral dive (8) |
| PARADISE | Parade is special for those hopefully going to final destination (8) |
| WATERLOO | Drink before card game contributing to final defeat? (8) |
| SOFTENER | Liquid added to final rinse |
| HOMERIC | In final parts of tour, castrati lip-sync to such old lines |
| REORGANISING | Rearranging final parts of popular tune I perform on musical instrument (12) |
| ENTITY | A separate thing, it appears, in final parts of the main event, say (6) |
| LEGS | Stages final parts of double weddings (4) |
| ENLIST | Join up final parts of the television series (6) |
| ARGO | Final parts of regular journey for old ship |
| SPARSE | Average results in final parts of course few and far between |
