| RUBUP | Polish local needing lift after game |
| CHEESEDOFF | Fed up, needing lift after seeing The Mousetrap? |
| PUBGRUB | Starts to pick up butchers' gossip on Polish local-sourced food (3,4) |
| HITCHER | Singer after success, one needing lift |
| CROWNED | Flier on retreat needing lift like the King? (7) |
| HOCKEY | You'll get a lift after drink, sport |
| GEEUP | Encourage boxer, needing lift, to inject drug repeatedly |
| PRAISE | Express admiration for lift, after parking |
| THEFT | Crime in lift after end of concert (5) |
| HIKER | One looking for a lift after hitch (5) |
| POPPYCOCK | Rubbish: flower needing lift (9) |
| FILTH | Refuse lift after messing with hitchhiker's head (5) |
| REBUS | Taxi provider, needing lift, first to solve puzzle (5) |
| MAHARAJA | Prince somewhat open with an awful player needing lift (8) |
| TOSSUP | Even chance offered to cat needing lift (4-2) |
| KNOWLEDGE | Ken say, key policy expert needing lift |
| NATURALHIGH | Lift after some laps, maybe |
| OBOIST | Musician, old boy, gets lift after leaving hospital (6) |
| HITCHING | Seeking lift after punch on jaw good |
| STEALTHIER | Less open, needing lift home in row (10) |
