| SENTRYBOX | It is placed in a challenging position |
| EAR | Where a Babel fish is placed, in a Douglas Adams book |
| APIECE | Each pastry dish is placed in a cafe's wings (6) |
| SENTRY | On duty, he's in a challenging position (6) |
| AGITATE | It is placed in an entrance to arouse feeling (7) |
| INSURE | Take out policy on something fashionable, certain it is placed in front of Aviemore Centre (6,4) |
| ITEM | Take out policy on something fashionable, certain it is placed in front of Aviemore Centre (6,4) |
| ACCOST | Approach in a challenging manner |
| ACCOSTS | Cast Cos! And approach in a challenging or aggressive way! (7) |
| GROUNDSHEET | It is placed on the floor of a tent (11) |
| HOSTA | It is placed round base of pot to support house plant |
| SIGHT | ___ screen, it is placed near the boundary to help batter see the ball (5) |
| ONTHESPOT | Where a snooker ball is placed in an awkward position? (2,3,4) |
| SAMBUCA | Italian aniseed-flavoured liqueur that is drunk con la mosca ('with the fly') when a coffee bean is placed in the glass (7) |
| TYRE | Where a wheel clamp is placed, in London |
| PRESIDES | Fish in newspapers is placed in chair |
| THALAMUS | So a clock is placed in part of the brain |
| ELIZA | In London's lanes, a Cockney flower seller, her speech a challenging teller, through lessons learned, into a fair lady she does bloom, dispelling her old Covent Garden gloom (5) |
| UNDISPUTED | Old Penny is placed in unsteady dune, it has been accepted (10) |
| URN | The Olympic flame is placed in one of these containers, before being given to a host country |
