| DUNBALL | In the middle of July, three of my pals joined a band and went on tour -- I saw them play at a place near Puriton (7) |
| NATIONALANTHEMS | Many of them play at the Olympics |
| SASHED | Wearing a band and unhappy, the female being kept in (6) |
| CACTI | No pal joined in this growing group |
| EBLEY | Last spring, three of my pals left Begelly and moved to a place just outside of Stroud (5) |
| APLOMB | Cool pal joined mob (6) |
| BISTRO | I am taking three of my pals from Bristol off to a small informal restaurant (6) |
| HOWLEY | Last April, three of my pals from Holywell travelled to visit my place near Chard (6) |
| IRONOUT | On tour I make things smooth |
| ROADIE | Helper on tour I adore perhaps (6) |
| TRIPOLI | On tour I look round capital (7) |
| SASH | Has Ashley joined a band? (4) |
| ABATTOIR | I'm taking a boar and three of my chickens off to a place in the middle of Tatton -- it's a slaughterhouse (8) |
| OUTFALL | Between the middle of July and the end of August, three people drowned in the Fal, where the river empties into the sea (7) |
| GLUVIAN | In the parish of St. Columb Major, in the middle of July, I was hit by a van and my right leg got broken (7) |
| NILES | In the middle of May, two of my pals left Nailsea and moved to a city between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in Ohio (5) |
| NATAL | Three of my mates who live in Lana are arranging a trip to a place on the Atlantic coast of Brazil (5) |
| STOREY | Yes, three of my mates were seen in the Ram's Head in Weston so drunk they'd fallen on the floor! (6) |
| LEO | A kingly beast in the sky; or, a "lion", born under the zodiacal house which the Sun enters in late July (3) |
| NORTHTAMERTON | On Monday, three of my mates got rather drunk -- by the end of the night they were staggering all around their village near Clawton (5,8) |