| WAYLAID | Held up, though the road is finished |
| OVERPASS | High road is finished and old man's beginning from scratch |
| BUSIEST | Transport that is on the road is the most active (7) |
| DITCHES | Discards at the bottom of the road. Is an irritation (7) |
| POTHOLE | Dip in the road is a problem for the tinker (7) |
| TOWARDS | Pull when the road is taken in a certain direction (7) |
| MALARIA | Broadcast warning picked up, though ignoring river disease (7) |
| PELISSE | Though the coat is ridiculously large, putting up with it (7) |
| HAIRNET | It controls the waves, though the rain is wild (7) |
| STOICAL | Though the coat is ridiculously large, putting up with it (7) |
| REDKITE | Bird of prey currently more common in Menorca than Mallorca though the population increases in the winter with the arrival of migrants from the north (3,4) |
| HIRSUTE | It sounds as though the ladys outfit is covered with hair (7) |
| EARSHOT | Within it one can be heard, though the listener is wounded (7) |
| FAILING | Flopping, though the cast in it is excellent (7) |
| LEYLAND | UK automobile company, noted mainly for buses and trucks, active from 1896 and through linked companies to the present day, though the name is little mentioned nowadays after much company take-over an |
| RECOVER | Though the dog's swallowed the keys, you can get them back (7) |
| BUZZARD | Large bird of prey only seen in winter in Mallorca, though the longer-tailed Honey variety is common in September/October (7) |
| STEALTH | Supposedly invisible bomber, though the last crashed (7) |
| THITHER | There once dwelt with Gandhi conflict, though the anger all ending (7) |
| PICKLED | Preserved, though the worse for wear (7) |
