| HEARTRATE | It may get going when the going gets tough |
| STARTOUT | Get going when the fat man enters |
| RISER | An early one may get going differently from Scrooge (5) |
| OCEAN | British singer who topped the charts with 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going' in 1985 (5,5) |
| BILLY | Trinidad-born singer who topped the charts with When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going in 1986 (5,5) |
| BILLYOCEAN | Singer who had a 1986 No 1 hit with When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going |
| MIXEDMETAPHOR | "When the going gets tough, the early bird gets the worm," e.g. |
| CLAMBERS | Climbers change a little when the going gets tough |
| STUNTMEN | Can diminish blokes if others take their place when the going gets tough (5,3) |
| LEATHERY | Hide - retreating, say, when going gets tough |
| SETFIRETO | Get going when you shoot in the fight (3,4,2) |
| NUGGET | Get going when gun fires and go for the gold (6) |
| REDSTART | Flighty type to get going when faced with sign of danger (8) |
| ELAPSED | Pleased to get going when passed (7) |
| TURNEDON | Get going when attacked (6,2) |
| SPITFIREJIB | And if the going gets really heavy, this can be raised |
| GETS | "When the going ___ tough . . ." |
| FARES | Hot favourites when the going is very fast? (5) |
| LOWSEASON | When the going rate's reduced |
| GUMBOOTS | Useful when the going is sticky (8) |
