| PULLS | In the pools, it may be said, 'draws' turn up first! |
| IMAMESS | "Let me fix myself up first!" |
| BREAKINGPOINT | Moment of crisis for the fellow pencilling in the pools results? (8,5) |
| PERMS | In the pools, they can be hairy (5) |
| SINKORSWIM | If you don't succeed, you'll fail - as you may in the pools? (4,2,4) |
| PONDERS | Thinks there's little hesitation filling in the pools (7) |
| LIDOS | Heads for loss, if doubling one's stake in the pools (5) |
| SWIMMERS | They fill in the pools (8) |
| OGRESSES | Nasty females in topless garments turn up first |
| IOTA | Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps - it's very small (4) |
| SWIM | What you do in a pool. It could be breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke or butterfly (4) |
| ACTION | Turn up, first, the suit (6) |
| THERE | On the spot it may be said to be comforting |
| ASIDE | It may be said, note, for the ears of the audience (5) |
| DETECTIVE | For example, Poirot and I have to turn up first (9) |
| PUKKA | Genuine kings turn up first with answer (5) |
| DERBY | Local match times requiring left-winger to turn up first |
| NUCLEAR | With dangerous weapons to get rid of, United Nations turn up first |
| PUMICE | Rodents turn up first with some sort of stone |
| TUFT | Bunch of grass starts to turn up first there (4) |
