| BLANTYRE | Odd ball starts to act nervously beside Phoenician city in South Lanarkshire (8) |
| SPHERE | Ball starts to swerve, perhaps, in this place (6) |
| UTICA | Coastal Phoenician city in north Africa, destroyed around 700AD (5) |
| SHOWTIME | Point at which the curtain rises for a performance or the proverbial ball starts rolling for action (8) |
| EYETEETH | Canines watch where ball starts and heads for the hole |
| KILBRIDE | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
| HAMILTON | Morning in hotel in South Lanarkshire (8) |
| LARKHALL | Large public room for amusement in South Lanarkshire town (8) |
| DEADHEAT | Headed odd ball to area at the back of the net in tie (4,4) |
| COMATOSE | Some act nervously around Oscar in a drowsy state (8) |
| OPERATIC | Starts to act peculiarly in intoxicated 3Dn, like Carmen (8) |
| NICHOLAS | Aberdeen's patron starts to act suspiciously after swimming in loch (8) |
| EUROPEAN | Following her heart, sweetheart starts to act nervously after shaky effort to pour cup held up by 21 Down (8) |
| FLATTYRE | Road-user's problem in dull Phoenician city (4,4) |
| CARTHAGE | Ancient Phoenician city reputedly founded by Dido, its first queen (8) |
| BLACKBEAN | Starts to act nervously after breakfast begins with shortage - empty bottle of sauce! (5,4) |
| IANBANNEN | Airdrie player nine damaged netting, starts to act nervously before removal (3,6) |
| ANON | Unknown author starts to act nervously over nicknames (4) |
| RANSACK | Thoroughly search ringleader - starts to act nervously over what's carried by 10Ac (7) |
| GERMANY | 12Ac 9Dn hosts virus, starts to act nervously before sticky end (7) |
