| BAGOFNERVES | Observe fan fidgeting round start of game, worried person (3,2,6) |
| GREASEPAINT | Players smear this on to relieve soreness coming in right after start of game |
| RIDDLE | Tricky question of passenger's journey round start of District Line |
| STASH | Secret store of headgear used up round start of spring (5) |
| UNISON | Trade organisation gets round start of strike agreement (6) |
| DORMOUSE | Small rodent, do wake up round start of midday! (8) |
| INFER | Gather at home with father round start of evening (5) |
| PORTSALUT | Cheese tart served round start of afternoon with wine |
| SILAGE | Round start of grocery aisle, chopped fodder |
| GROSGRAIN | Alcohol round start of speech, then water, for silk |
| CELEBRATE | With two leaders out, speed up round start of bend and enjoy victory |
| ICEOVER | Get very cold outside? One needs shelter round start of evening |
| CERAMICHOB | Cooker top from China gets hot round start of brunch (7,3) |
| TETCHY | They somehow got round start of twentieth century easily irritated (6) |
| SHOE | Oxford maybe is quiet round start of exams (4) |
| DREAM | Short drink round start of evening? That's ideal (5) |
| EXCERPT | Short piece expert distributed round start of class |
| LIELOW | Hole up after Birkdale's seventh, one down round start of eighteenth (3,3) |
| IMPOT | Rascal, round start of term, gets punishment at school (5) |
| STORE | Put away, but decays round start of Easter (5) |
