| RUBBER | Masseur or masseuse needed for a series of games (6) |
| WATERCOURSE | Just what's needed for a series of rowing lessons! (11) |
| OIL | Chef or masseuse's liquid |
| OPENER | First of a series of games is key (6) |
| GEMINI | Project name for a series of 12 NASA space flights between 1961 and 1966 (6) |
| LOONEY | ___ Tunes, media franchise noted for a series of animated short films from 1930 to 1969 (6) |
| TISSUE | He abandons the topic for a series of lies |
| THAMES | English setting for a series of Impressionist paintings by Monet |
| SKRTEL | Martin ___, former Liverpool defender sent off for a series of assaults on Harry Kane in England's World Cup qualifier win over Slovakia in 2016? |
| WONONE | Had meager success in a series of games |
| SEASON | US word for a series on TV (6) |
| STRING | The way to call for a series (6) |
| SEASONTICKET | A reduced-rate pass for a series of events or number of journeys within a limited time (6,6) |
| ROUGH | Word linking with "Guides" for a series of travel books or "collie" for a breed of herding dog (5) |
| ISLANDCHAIN | String of landforms in the sea: 2 wds. (Theme answer: A small speck of land is followed by a metaphor for a series of connected things) |
| KEYRING | Accessory whose first word is something that unlocks a lock: 2 wds. (Theme answer: A small speck of land is followed by a metaphor for a series of connected things) |
| ROLL | An official list of names for a series of quick beats on a drum |
| HOGARTH | Surname of the artist responsible for a series of paintings entitled 'A Rake's Progress' (7) |
| POMP | Word, borrowed by Sir Edward Elgar for a series of marches, for ceremonial splendour, magnificence, ostentatious display or pageantry (4) |
| CALENDAR | A man's daughter in mini, perhaps, for a series of dates |
