| HANDEDOVER | North of port, two letters he has delivered (6,4) |
| FREEHANDED | Generous letters he has delivered outside (4-6) |
| RIOJA | Wine from port, two-thirds of container (5) |
| HANDEDNESS | Letters he has put in post to North and South? It's left, if not right (10) |
| HANDGRENADE | Letters he has written about awful danger, i.e. explosive device (4,7) |
| REDHANDED | Edited letters he has, in a way, discovered stealing? |
| HANDEL | Letters he has left as composer |
| GRIMSBY | English port 2 1/2 miles north-west of Cleethorpes (7) |
| MOSSMAN | Town north of Port Douglas (7) |
| SUBSIDE | Sink warship north of port, for example (7) |
| BARRIO | Watering hole north of port district (6) |
| PARA | (obstetrics) The number of live-born children a woman has delivered. |
| LAE | Town north of Port Moresby |
| HAVEN | Keep to the north of port (5) |
| UITENHAGE | Summer resort in South Africa north of Port Elizabeth (9) |
| BLITHE | Bachelor of letters, he was very happy (6) |
| FREIGHTAGENT | Father of octets is a nobleman who has delivered all the big ones (7,5) |
| CHASEONESTAIL | Run in vain, as election has delivered a blow (5,4,4) |
| STEADIER | Bull has delivered aid that's more regular (8) |
| MONOTONE | In which Liz Truss has delivered? |
