| NUTTERS | Headbangers, say, in middle of Kansas |
| TRANSIT | Journey from property crossing middle of Kansas (7) |
| STATELINE | One runs through the middle of Kansas City |
| STREET | Ash or elm, say, in middle of cloistered thoroughfare |
| GUTTERS | Troughs, say, in middle of pigsty (7) |
| EUROPEAN | Refined painter, say, in middle of beano is French? |
| ESPOUSES | Embraces husband, say, in middle of test (8) |
| ONTHEGO | Very busy conservationists with hour, say, in middle of wood (2,3,2) |
| EMBANKMENT | Male tellers, say, in centre of ghetto, raised barrier (10) |
| TREE | Pine, say, in centre enclosure (4) |
| BAN | Amongst headbangers in bar (3) |
| MTV | Airer of the '80s-'90s show "Headbangers Ball" |
| METAL | Genre featured on MTV's "Headbangers Ball" |
| RAINDROPS | Headbangers lyrically (9) |
| HEAVYMETAL | Headbangers' genre |
| XER | Headbangers Ball watcher, e.g., informally |
| PRECIOUSMETAL | Music that's dear to a headbanger's heart? |
| DODGECITY | Part of Kansas ultimately recalled in description of old Venice |
| ALASKA | Unfortunately, one-third of Kansas is in another state (6) |
| SADDEN | Are depressing old poems set in heart of Kansas withdrawn? |
