| PARTING | Leaving each other a line ahead (7) |
| ANCESTRY | Any crestfallen types from the line ahead of us (8) |
| FRYUP | Following lines ahead to get cooked meal (3-2) |
| FOOTING | Secure grip with one's pedes; the foundation of a column or a wall, thus the basis upon which something is founded; one's standing in relation to others; a dance; or, plain lace (7) |
| RESTAFF | Provide workers to others, a fine firm's leader (7) |
| DOORMAT | One much put upon by others, a footstool (7) |
| EARSHOT | Distance good enough for the Listener gives others a shake (7) |
| TWOSOME | Couple starts to talk with others a little (7) |
| UNKEMPT | Dishevelled politician in topless excursion paid for by others a non-starter (7) |
| PART | Leave each other a role to play (4) |
| OCHRE | Hate leaving each other in the autumnal shade (5) |
| SEPARATE | Leave each other a part to play and see about (8) |
| PHONETAG | What happens when two people miss each other a lot? |
| CHAT | Talk to each other a little while |
| RASCAL | Taken in by the other, a scallywag and a scamp (6) |
| VELCRO | A fastening consisting of two strips of nylon fabric, one of which has tiny hooked threads and the other a coarse surface (6) |
| RELIEFMAP | Chart used to give the other a rest? (6,3) |
| RARE | For some reason or other, a repeat is so infrequent. (4) |
| TANDEM | One behind the other; a type of bicycle (6) |
| ENGLISHMASTER | Foreign skipper teaches others a lesson, of course (7,6) |
