| TRY | Make an effort on the pastry ends |
| EYESTRAIN | Heard first person make an effort on visual impairment (9) |
| STRAIN | Make an effort on tune (6) |
| ATHLETES | They make the most effort on the track and the least |
| TWOHANDER | Changed the word written about an effort on court (3-6) |
| PULL | Make a tremendous effort on the organ? (4,3,3,3,5) |
| OUTALLTHESTOPS | Make a tremendous effort on the organ? (4,3,3,3,5) |
| ALLOUTDRIVE | Maximum effort on the final stroke of the innings? (3-3,5) |
| OFFSTREET | Set out with effort on the main road? No (3-6) |
| TEAMPLAY | Collaborative effort on the field |
| LUG | Pull with effort on the ear |
| INDUS | Assiduity without effort on the river (5) |
| BGAME | Second-best effort on the field |
| AGAME | Best effort on the court |
| HAPHAZARD | Random height substituted for length of square, requiring effort on the perimeter |
| TURNOVER | See what's on the bottom of the pastry? (8) |
| VOLAUVENT | A small appetising bouchee, croustade, pie or puff with a savoury filling, whose name, from "flight in the wind" or "windblown", refers to the lightness of the pastry (3-2-4) |
| LAYUP | Reserve having to make effort on field having missed header |
| SHORTANDSWEET | Pithy description of the pastry in the tart (5,3,5) |
| DANISH | The hand is careless with the pastry (6) |
