| STRONGMAN | Person seen as a source of power, capability, etc |
| RAGUSA | Italian city perversely seen as a source of carbohydrates |
| TRAMP | A passenger vehicle for a person seen as a humble traveller |
| GADFLY | Tribe sits on smart person seen as a pest (6) |
| ENGINE | Word for cunning/skill originally, later a weapon of war; a machine, such as a locomotive, as a source of power; or, any agent to effect a purpose (6) |
| PIONER | Holy person seen as unique sort of explorer once? |
| HOTPROPERTY | Person seen as great asset (3,8) |
| CLOSER | Cold person seen as victim becomes more intimate (6) |
| FISHER | Person seen as unusual confronting monarch? |
| BATTERY | Device containing one or more dry-cells as a source of power; series of cages for egg-laying hens; set of cooking utensils; or, a marching percussion ensemble (7) |
| DRASTIC | Urgent drive by Artificial Intelligence company's leader to hold on to person seen as good |
| DRIPS | Common boring persons seen as liquid falls in drops |
| ADEPTS | Skilled persons seen as getting round department briefly (6) |
| MUSCLE | Tissue of animal body functioning as a source of power (6) |
| REACTOR | One of the clergy ___ inwardly a source of power (7) |
| STRENGTHS | Qualities regarded as being beneficial or a source of power (9) |
| WATERMILL | Desire to adopt a name for a source of power |
| SOLARENERGY | Exploited longer years as a source of power (5,6) |
| STEAM | After the start of the season, the side produces a source of power (5) |
| SIZEWELLB | It's a source of power, laments 19 audibly (8,1) |
