| ENTRENCH | Has hard new centre built to establish a strong position (8) |
| CALABASH | Money providing housing for a centre built to research fruit (8) |
| RELOCATE | To move to a new place in order to establish a home or business (8) |
| THEFORGE | Parkhead shopping centre built on the site of a steel works (3,5) |
| RETICENT | Disinclined to talk of note found in new centre (8) |
| ENTREPOT | Trading centre turned into pert new centre (8) |
| CRESCENT | Chairman opened centres built on curved street (8) |
| POLKADOT | Dance party on square? There would need to be more than one of these to establish a pattern! (5,3) |
| VENERATE | Put time into opening new centre for worship (8) |
| NIGHTJAR | Bird has hard time trapped by inverted drink container |
| VALORIZE | Buy to establish a fixed price |
| FORTYTWO | Strong position taken over wife accessing flexible toy, as Adams' comprehensive solution (5-3) |
| BRIDGEHEAD | Top after card game is a strong position in which to be |
| ALLTHE | In a strong position and prepared to deal (7,3,3,5) |
| HOLDING | In a strong position and prepared to deal (7,3,3,5) |
| CARDS | In a strong position and prepared to deal (7,3,3,5) |
| ARSIS | Classical art is in a strong position, according to some |
| ONFIRMGROUND | In a strong position (2,4,6) |
| CASTLE | Actors join the French in a strong position (6) |
| HAVETHE | Be in a strong position on court (4,3,9) |
