| MELTWATER | In the distance, US-style officer with a big drip coming down the mountain (9) |
| ICICLE | Big drip? |
| ENGLISHCHANNEL | Heard of successful website which distances us from France |
| AVALANCHE | Keeping lava back can shift helium coming down the mountain (9) |
| ALIVE | Large drip used in NHS unit in operation |
| SKISLOPE | Kiss model with long stride coming down the mountain (3,5) |
| SKIING | Coming down the mountain, perhaps |
| TESTCASES | Measure what you get when you buy beers in trials that affect laws coming down the track (4,5) |
| ROLLINGUP | Getting ready for the tube coming down the line? (7,2) |
| BANNISTER | Runner coming down the stairs (9) |
| COTILLION | An elaborate 18th-century "petticoat dance", thus a US-style skirt-swirling debutante ball, named after said prance from France (9) |
| ANCESTRAL | Coming down the tree, like voices prophesying war? |
| PSEUDONYM | Another name for dopy men, US style (9) |
| UGLYRUMOR | Nasty tittle-tattle, US style (4,5) |
| MATURATES | Gathers matter, USA style (9) |
| ABSEIL | Come down the mountain with braking system and tell the tale in retrospect (6) |
| SLALOMED | Took a few turns coming down the hill with distressed damsel carrying half the load (8) |
| COPACABANABEACH | Officer with a collar secures a taxi for all in coastal resort |
| PORTICO | I meet the Commanding Officer with a wine by the colonnade |
| GRABBAG | A sack of miscellany or pouch containing a potpourri; or, a US-style prize-snatching lucky dip at a carnival, charity event, fair or jamboree (4-3) |
