| FIREESCAPE | Look back in tree peninsular for way out when the heat is on (4,6) |
| CRUNCHTIME | Breakfast of cereal when the heat is on (6,4) |
| TOETHELINE | Conform to expectations when the heat is on? |
| HEAVYGOING | Fully laden on the way out, when it's soft and muddy? |
| KITCHEN | Where, when the heat is on, course may be in preparation (7) |
| GASMETER | Gets mare moving with device measuring the running when the heat is on (3,5) |
| ELIMINATED | As a result of the heat is out of the running (10) |
| SOLARPOWER | Lorde song with the lyric "But when the heat comes, something takes a hold" |
| ELECTRICBLANKET | Choose old police force offering security to the little ones? It's only useful when the heat is on! |
| SUNBATHE | Cook hates bun? That's an outright lie presumably when the heat is on! (8) |
| INJECTIONMOULDING | Industrial process requiring forced entry when the heat is on? |
| SLUSHFUND | Undeclared reserves that melt away when the heat is on? (5,4) |
| ROTISSERIE | One that turns chicken when the heat's on |
| PARASOLS | They go up when the heat is on (8) |
| MELTING | Losing form when the heat is on? (7) |
| CLODHOPPER | He's a dolt to hold out when the policeman comes round (10) |
| TESTFLIGHT | Try out when the England team goes to Australia, maybe (10) |
| SUNSWEPT | Sounds like paper has had cleaners in looking for bugs - does this suggest the heat is on? (3-5) |
| FINAL | No heat, when the heat is really on |
| SINGE | For example, sin and the heat is on (5) |
