| CYMBELINE | King of Wales, abandoning rugby, on direct path that's pointless (9) |
| BRAD | ___ Lucas, won King of Wales festival, Redhill 2024 (4) |
| INTERRUPT | Stop Pinter performance to catch rugby on time (9) |
| CURTAILED | You got on direct to LA but were cut off (9) |
| DEATHTRAP | Tread path that's crumbling, a dangerous place (9) |
| PARACHUTE | Means of escape, a cure, path that's unusual? |
| DEADHORSE | Thing that's pointless to beat |
| NAVIGATE | Direct path of vehicle northwards on A1 and get lost (8) |
| ZEROIN | ___ on (direct all of your attention to) |
| WAYSIDE | Edge of path that's unusually wide, say (7) |
| LANE | Path that's used by aircraft on trip (4) |
| RACK | Missing start of path - that's torture (4) |
| SCENIC | Take the ___ route (drive a less direct path) |
| ORBIT | Rob it of the chance to be a path that's Heavenly! (5) |
| LINEOFFIRE | Area in a projectile's direct path (4,2,4) |
| ASTHECROWFLIES | By a direct path (2,3,4,5) |
| FATUOUS | Posh circle featuring in version of Faust? That's pointless (7) |
| UPHILL | I pull nervously around end of path that's taxing (6) |
| BEELINE | Direct path, as from a flower to a hive |
| CLINICAL | Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients. |
