| PORTLANDBILL | Left the ground with William found on England's south coast (8,4) |
| ELVIS | King William found on Greek island with old British singer (5,8) |
| COSTELLO | King William found on Greek island with old British singer (5,8) |
| BRIGHTONBELLE | Train beautiful lady on England's South Coast (8,5) |
| EASTBOURNE | Seaside town on England's south coast near to Beachy Head (10) |
| DORSET | County on England's south coast (6) |
| TELL | Archer William found in hotel lobby (4) |
| TOOK | Left the ground, with "off" |
| TRENCHMORTAR | Weapon makes slit in the ground with something like cement (6,6) |
| THEGOODPLACE | 2016-2020 NBC comedy series with William Jackson Harper as an ethics professor in the afterlife: 3 wds. |
| THEWILDBUNCH | 1969 Sam Peckinpah film with William Holden (3,4,5) |
| SOD | The surface of the ground with grass growing on it (3) |
| CAUGHTAIR | Left the ground, on a skateboard |
| LEAPT | Bound to find car momentarily left the ground (5) |
| TOOKOFF | Left the ground and fled (4,3) |
| PLOVER | This bird pats the ground with its feet to imitate the sound of rain. This attracts worms to the surface, where this bird snaps them up. |
| KOWTOW | Gesture of submission, from the Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead while kneeling |
| PROSTRATE | Lying stretched out on the ground with face downwards (9) |
| UNCOMMON | Thin on the ground with a foreign general (8) |
| TILE | Cover the ground with this revolutionary part of the Bucareli Treaty (4) |