| PRAECEPS | Headfirst, so by extension, rash and hasty |
| CAVEAE | Lit., holes or hollows so by extension cages and coops |
| BARBARUS | Uncouth brute, so by extension, non-Roman |
| AVIS | Bird, so by extension, a sign or potent etc (3rd decl. f.) |
| HOLYROMAN | Empire made up of the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe that was ruled over first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries (800-1806). (4,5) |
| SLOBBER | Drool over books in sale now and then by monarch (7) |
| DYAK | Daypack taken now and then by folk from Borneo (4) |
| HORSEBOX | Tramp outside crashes now and then by trailer (5,3) |
| SPROG | Super song, played now and then by British youngster |
| TANGENT | Train taken now and then by man, is beside the point |
| HOUSEOFLORDS | London institution can accommodate golf played now and then by peers |
| ARROW | Luxury boat train from London to Dover and then by ferry to Calais (6, 5) |
| HORSESHOE | Hoof rested every now and then by trainer; it's considered good luck |
| CARINAE | Lit. keels, so by metonomy ships themselves and nutshells |
| CONSORT | Mix with - and do so by right (7) |
| RATIS | Properly, a log raft and so by metonymy, any boat (5) |
| JOTDOWN | Make a brief and hasty note of? (3,4) |
| PETTY | Small-minded, dear, and hasty, has left (5) |
| STEALTHY | Furtive and hasty let loose (8) |
| RASH | Foolhardy and hasty |
