| DISABLED | Peckham resident hotelier nearly died in lift without power (8) |
| AUTUMNAL | Plan mutual lifts without constraints after the season (8) |
| TILTYARD | A jousting area, such as that where Henry VIII was thrown from his horse in 1536 and nearly died (4,4) |
| TROTTERS | The ___, independent traders and residents of Nelson Mandela House, Peckham? (8) |
| DELAWARE | Peckham wide boy knowing where Dover is (8) |
| TURNCOCK | Old water board official's shock over mate in Peckham? |
| REGION | Area of flower country given a lift without oxygen (6) |
| QUAINT | Charmingly archaic lift, without entrance, keeping popular (6) |
| HEFT | Try to lift without starting the short feet |
| APPLAUDED | Praised "Unfinished Fruit", then poet nearly died (9) |
| MAY | Month when the Dales" Sean Spencer nearly died (3) |
| ANCIENTMARINER | Men certain rain will fall - one nearly died of thirst |
| NANOSECOND | Flash as article penetrated front of rocket - nearly died |
| TURPITUDE | Evil highwayman nearly died during short day (9) |
| HARRIED | Runner nearly died - and so did hound |
| COOKIES | MARLENA NEARLY DIED AFTER EATING THESE (DAYS) |
| HEARSE | What's a one-o lift, without a fare, that'd drive anybody to God knows where? (6) |
| SCOPE | Room for action by Bobby in Peckham, say (5) |
| CUSHTY | Saying goodbye, retiring tenor accepted as brilliant in Peckham (6) |
| RYE | Peckham ___, green area in Southwark (3) |
