| PREREQUISITE | Parking, about to be doubled, is quite haphazard: it must come first (12) |
| RANDOM | And a lot more haphazard it appears |
| INPUP | Where drinkers are mostly parking, about to drop litter |
| PRECEDE | Parking, about to deliver lead (7) |
| NONSENSE | Negative response three out of four bridge players doubled is rubbish (8) |
| SENTENCE | Fine as it may be, it must come to a stop |
| BLOODLUST | Desire to kill appetite? It must come from the heart first! (9) |
| INOTHERWORDS | To explain (a phrase she didn't use): I must come first |
| CONGLOMERATE | Industrial group that must come to learn about Gateshead (12) |
| RIPEN | To mature writer, the right one must come first (5) |
| ONETHOUSANDFIVEHUNDRED | MD is American with VC: I however must come first |
| AIM | Aid to be doubled at the end — that’s the intention |
| DINING | Having a meal, sound as a bell, content to be doubled up? |
| COMECOME | Advance to be doubled - you don't mean that, surely? (4,4) |
| WAVER | Hesitate to state women must come first (5) |
| WHALER | Ship of comparatively fit women must come first (6) |
| CREAMY | Gosh, care when stirring must come first in buttery (6) |
| GRANT | Admit that, ultimately, the old lady must come first |
| FOLDABLE | With the capacity to be doubled over |
| ENTRY | For a start, it may be doubled in bookkeeping |
