| SADDLETREE | It's backing horse to muddle through most of the way (10) |
| IDIAMIN | Which soldier became president of Uganda in 1971, ruled through most of the decade as a military dictator, and is now considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history? (3,4) |
| CHASTISE | Beat - it's backing in dance steps |
| TIE | It's backing European link |
| RIALTOS | Reliant three-wheelers built through most of the 1980s and 1990s (7) |
| JOHNDODDS | Australian who helped develop an early two-stroke GP machine for Konig, then raced through most of the 1970s for yamaha. (4,5) |
| STRADDLE | Get across the road - right to muddle (8) |
| COMPOST | Firm beginning to muddle correspondence that's spread over bed |
| WASTENOTWANTNOT | Tenant was wont to muddle advice on economy (5,3,4,3) |
| TEAPARTY | The Dormouse slept through most of it |
| PERVADE | Spread through most of country reaching Delaware after Virginia |
| HOODLUM | Yob appallingly loud through most of house |
| PERSIA | Through most of one old country finding another |
| RATIO | One going through most of shop's correspondence (5) |
| AGORA | Proceed through most of Arab market place (5) |
| ETNA | Italian volcano that has been erupting through most of 2021 |
| MOSAIC | Main road through most of Russian city that is in pieces (6) |
| FIASCO | If coming up most of the way to the races, it's a disaster (6) |
| PARADOXY | March most of the way to O2 with no info in a 10 state? |
| QUICHE | Most of the way through fast, the guy baked dish (6) |
