| POETLAUREATE | Motion or Duffy, for example (4,8) |
| SCOT | British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, for one |
| MEG | White, Baird or Duffy (3) |
| FLAP | A motion or sound of a flag, sail or a bird's wing; a hinged leaf of a table; a pet door; a loose pendant part of an envelope or a tent, for example; a large broad mushroom; or, a fluster/tizz (4) |
| SPEED | Rate of motion or action; each one of a bike's gear ratios; or, an old word for success or prosperity (5) |
| SWAG | An ornamental festoon, garland or wreath; a carving, painting or drapery representing any of these; dialect for a rocking motion; or, a thief's booty (4) |
| ENERGY | Power, such as that harnessed from hot springs, sunlight, waves or the wind to generate electricity or motion; or, vim/vis generally (6) |
| INTO | Expressing motion or direction to a point on or within |
| SLOW | Lead-in for motion or poke |
| PHOTOGRAPHER | Poem by Carol and Duffy inspired by her GP who tangled with a parrot (3,10) |
| AMENDMENT | Addition or alteration, to a motion or official document, say (9) |
| GEARS | Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or |
| AMPLITUDE | In physics, the maximum displacement from the zero or mean position of a periodic motion or curve |
| IMPETUS | In physics, the force that sets a body in motion or that tends to resist changes in its motion |
| SWASH | Dashing motion or sound of waves over a seashore; or, a typographical flourish on a letter (5) |
| MOMENTUM | Strength or force gained by motion or a series of events |
| STIM | Make a repetitive motion or sound to express happiness or self-soothe |
| DETECTOR | Word after motion or smoke |
| LOCO | Word before motion or weed |
| CABIN | Word after motion or lie |
