| NEARTHING | Narrow escape for Northern listener with obsession (4,5) |
| EARTHLING | Listener with obsession about large sci-fi character |
| LASTTHING | Orchestral leader with obsession finally before bed? (4,5) |
| THWACKING | Liverpudlian with obsession about caning (9) |
| TASMANIAN | Islander and son with obsession to get brown all round |
| THINONTOP | Balding, with obsession mostly about cap (4,2,3) |
| TRIANGLES | Instruments playing score for the listener with opinions (9) |
| ACQUIESCE | Escape for hour at last, get to play ball |
| BREAKAWAY | Escape for a holiday abroad (5,4) |
| ELOPEMENT | One temple could become an escape for lovers (9) |
| SEARCHING | Point to listener with child at home, good but inquisitive (9) |
| WEARINESS | Drinks possess listener with singular fatigue (9) |
| NEARMISS | Narrow escape for ship after marine disaster (4,4) |
| TOUCHANDGO | Narrow escape for the fast borrower? (5,3,2) |
| CLOTHESCALL | Narrow escape for a fashion designer? |
| NEAR | It's handy for the Northern listener (4) |
| ORDER | Person with obsession prefers it in orange, for one (5) |
| NOTHING | Number with obsession for peanuts (7) |
| NEARSIGHTED | Myopic northern listener quoted on the radio |
| EGOMANIA | Loving one's own view, for example, is nothing to do with obsession (8) |
