| CLOSEDIN | It's very claustrophobic being so near to the editor at home (6,2) |
| REASON | Moving so near to the ground (6) |
| PACED | Raised one's cap to the Editor at a calculated speed! (5) |
| EDINBURGH | City editor at home sending back hot food (9) |
| MRISCANS | Hosp. tests that may be challenging for the claustrophobic |
| INSERTER | Editor, at times |
| OPENMRIS | Scan options for the claustrophobic |
| STIRLING | Royal burgh on River Forth, near to the 1314 battle of Bannockburn (8) |
| REVISERS | Editors at work |
| MINARET | So near to Tim on the top of the mosque (7) |
| NOONEELSE | "It only happens when I dance with you; That trip to Heaven when the dance is through; With ... do the heavens seem quite so near; Why does it happen, dear, only with you?" (2-3,4) |
| BENBRADLEE | Katherine Graham's editor at the "Washington Post" |
| ADORNED | Decorated with a fuss in the Navy, with editor at first (7) |
| LITTER | Title conjured up by editor at the end is rubbish (6) |
| CANNES | Film-festival city near to the Lerins Islands and Ile Sainte-Marguerite, where the so-called man in the iron mask spent 11 years isolated in a fortress prison (6) |
| CHEDDAR | Situated near to the site of the UK's largest gorge and famous for cheese, a village in the Mendip Hills through which the Sustrans Strawberry Line passes (7) |
| ATCLOSERANGE | At the end, line up near to the target (2,5,5) |
| UPCLOSE | Tantalisingly, cup's hanging, with one over to go - so near! (7) |
| NEEDING | Short of editor at work, cutting back information (7) |
| FEDUP | Fine editor at university gets bored (3,2) |
