| BEASPORT | Play along in busy poets' bar (2,1,5) |
| OPEROSE | Busy poet's request to flower to unfold? |
| TAKEPART | Accept role and play along (4,4) |
| GOWITHIT | Caribbean suffered blow boxing? Just play along (2,4,2) |
| RUSHHOUR | Rugby embittered about its goal posts in busy period (4,4) |
| FASTLANE | Drunk Santa left no time in busy lifestyle (4,4) |
| STROLLED | Took time walking from port to port in busy Dorset (8) |
| ACTIVATE | At being in busy setting, set it going (8) |
| DOCILITY | Compliance work one left in busy centre (8) |
| UNTERDEN | Nun awkwardly embracing knight and duke in busy tree-lined Berlin thoroughfare (5,3,6) |
| GAG | Go along with the ___ (play along with a joke) |
| COOPERATE | Work in bed? Initially, employer to play along (9) |
| CONURBATION | On tour in cab lost in busy sprawl |
| BREATHINGSPACE | Brief respite from working nights in busy bar -- peace! (9,5) |
| RHUMBA | Dance to the song of a bee in busy bar (6) |
| CAIRO | Character in company in busy city |
| BEERGARDEN | Sup outside here in 'King George' in busy Aberdeen (4,6) |
| ORCHESTRAPIT | They play along with Detective Poirot for the ending in front of stage (9,3) |
| ACTUP | Play along or misbehave (3,2) |
| GOWITHTHEFLOW | Play along - don't resist (2,4,3,4) |
