| AMENITIES | Last word - it's over, that's the answer for conveniences (9) |
| CONCENTRATED | Pay attention to The Last Word - it's the epitome of deep thought (12) |
| PITFALL | By autumn mine is over; that's the snag (7) |
| NOTION | No. Flip it over - that's the idea (6) |
| PROMISING | Giving one's word it's looking good for the future (9) |
| SHIPSHAPE | In perfect order ... or, as two words, what's formed by applying the answers for the five starred clues to the circled letters |
| TAUTENING | Get a nut, in other words, it's for stretching things a bit (9) |
| TAUTOLOGY | In other words, it's the same (9) |
| ESCALATOR | Will one intensify fight for convenience in public buildings? (9) |
| CENTRALLY | How money meeting is located for convenience? (9) |
| GREASE | It's the word, it's the word that you heard, it's got a groove, it's got a meaning. It's the time, it's the place, it's the motion, it's the way we are feeling |
| HANDINESS | German man takes meal inside for convenience |
| LADIESMAN | Flirt for convenience to get medium article (6,3) |
| FORTYTWO | Number that's the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" |
| STOP | "Freeze!" ... or, when broken into three parts, how the answer for each of the six starred clues goe |
| RESPONSE | The answer for misguided persons heading east |
| ANCESTOR | In reduced circumstances, Torquay is the answer for great-granny, perhaps? (8) |
| WORKOUT | Find the answer for some exercise (4,3) |
| ENNUI | Boredom's the answer for a turn, in nine ways (5) |
| SHOWDOG | Crufts activity the answer for this fine pooch? (7) |
