| TURNPIKE | Historically, a tollgate on a road (8) |
| DEADLINE | Historically, a barrier or boundary mark scotched around a jail, beyond which prisoners were likely shot, now a closing date, term or time limit (8) |
| STEERAGE | Action of manoeuvring a boat; or, historically, a passenger ship's cheapest accommodation, allocated below deck with its machinery (8) |
| PROVINCE | General word for a district or region; or, historically, a territory outside Italy under Roman rule (8) |
| CHASSEUR | French word for "hunter", used in cookery to denote a cacciatore-like jus or relish of herbs, mushrooms, shallots and wine for game, poultry or wild fowl; or, historically, a liveried attendant of a h |
| HUGUENOT | Historically, a French protestant (8) |
| SPADROON | Historically, a light cut-and-thrust sword (8) |
| TALLYMAN | Historically, a debt collector (8) |
| DOUBLOON | Historically, a gold coin, minted in Spain (8) |
| CARLISLE | The A74 was historically a route between this town and Glasgow (8) |
| ASBESTOS | Quebec locale historically a mining town |
| FISHWIFE | Historically, a woman who sells cod, haddock etc |
| TIPSTAFF | Historically, a court usher, bailiff or sheriff’s officer |
| LADSLOVE | The lemony camphor-scented "garderobe" or "southernwood", historically a young man's romantic amulet or charm of affection, hence the endearing name in question (4,4) |
| REBECCA | Welsh road tollgate charges were the spark for these disturbances between 1839 and 1843 (7,5) |
| RIOTS | Welsh road tollgate charges were the spark for these disturbances between 1839 and 1843 (7,5) |
| PIKEMEN | Certain tollgate employees |
| TAKESCHARGE | What operative at tollgate does? Shows leadership initiative |
| ALLEGRETTO | Notedly rather brisk re tollgate removal (10) |
| ALLSETTOGO | Ready tollgates rebuilt near nothing (3,3,2,2) |
