| PERSEVERE | It's hard to get through at first, but don't give up |
| EGGSHELL | What one may need to get through at breakfast |
| CUFFLINKS | Blow on golf course? They'll get through at least four holes (9) |
| GRUELLING | Thin soup with fish is hard to get through (9) |
| KEEPWATCH | Stay alert but don't give timekeeper away! (4,5) |
| STARLIGHT | The learner goes straight through at night (9) |
| CURRYCOMB | One preparing The Trotters, perhaps, to go through at end of season? |
| BANISTERS | Jokes about information signs at first, but they make flights safer (9) |
| ROCKNROLL | For the band, the number in the middle was hard at first but moving overall |
| TEMPERATE | Consumed with anger at first, but restrained (9) |
| CARPENTER | Might grumble at first but will come in eventually, being a joiner |
| DENSE | Hard to get through ... or get through to |
| DITHER | Tried terribly hard to get through to, but are irresolute (6) |
| SQUEEZE | Type of stile you might get through at a pinch! (7) |
| ANAGRAM | What makes Gareth Southgate get through at sea? (7) |
| NEVERSAYDIE | See vineyard destroyed, but don't give up |
| PERSIST | It's a nuisance, sir, renovating centre, but don't give up (7) |
| NILDESPERANDUM | Zero speed change also strange outside, but don't give up (3,11) |
| STICKERS | They may be licked, but don't give up (8) |
| GOTHEDISTANCE | Hated escorting right away: unfortunate but don't give up too soon! (2,3,8) |
