| DOUGIE | Party on Peterhead river for mate of the Vital Spark (6) |
| PARAHANDY | Russia's banks hand in wages for skipper of the Vital Spark (4,5) |
| HANDY | Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) |
| PARA | Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) |
| DUCK | Get down out of the way for mate of drake? (4) |
| PUFFER | Bonnie partner with promoter making 20h like the Vital Spark (5,6) |
| MOTOWN | Mate of the queen's retiring, private soul |
| BLOKES | Mates of the menfolk? (6) |
| SEAMEN | Distinguished circles graduate rejected for mates, maybe (6) |
| SPIRIT | Vital spark |
| ONHEAT | Hen scrabbling in grass, ready for mates? |
| GREENMAN | Carved image of a foliated face as a potent symbol of the vital force of nature, the cycle of life, death and rebirth and the connection between humanity and the natural world (5,3) |
| THEMAGGIE | Those folk on silver and gold, that is Ealing puffer based on the Vital Spark (3,6) |
| DOUGIETHE | Worker on the Vital Spark: "At home I get due treatment!" (6,3,4) |
| MATE | Worker on the Vital Spark: "At home I get due treatment!" (6,3,4) |
| SUNNYJIM | Brilliant work-out area announced for deckhand on the Vital Spark (5,3) |
| BUCHAN | Tweedsmuir where Peterhead is (6) |
| CLYDE | Bonnie partner with promoter making 20h like the Vital Spark (5,6) |
| CAPTAIN | The Vital Spark's is Para Handy (7) |
| EVITA | Some of the vital parts of a well-known musical |
