| KILROY | One left in York on the way back - he was here, apparently (6) |
| PAYTON | One of the NFL's greatest running backs, he was known as "Sweetness" |
| NEARLYTHERE | Here, apparently, objective is almost achieved (6,5) |
| ONTHEFACEOFIT | Grandfather has time here, apparently (2,3,4,2,2) |
| NOTED | Edward is not here, apparently, but famous (5) |
| APEMAN | Call father back - he could be the missing link! (6) |
| YAHWEH | Looking back, he finds Adam first inside saying how come it's for God! (6) |
| CANUTE | Crazy person in middle of beach, "Back," he said |
| CLOTHE | Cover Alec's back, he is pinching fortune (6) |
| ICARUS | Tenor having scratched rear behind Toscanini's back - he foolishly went too far! (6) |
| TURPIN | Highwayman romanticised in Rookwood said to have ridden 200 miles from London to York on Black Bess (6) |
| ATHENS | Plato was here (they don't believe he's left) (6) |
| EVERTS | Every time a saint goes back he turns outwards |
| BETHEL | Be by the first bit of ladder? Jacob was, here (6) |
| MIDDLE | Seeing daughters in distance, Frankie Muniz's Malcolm was here (6) |
| OXFORD | Clinton was here (nothing wrong with former President) (6) |
| YARROW | Wordsworth was here, or wary of getting to it (6) |
| HAWSER | Mooring rope was here mostly at sea (6) |
| UTICA | City in the U.S. state of New York on the banks of the Mohawk River (5) |
| SONORA | So Mrs. Charles was here |
