| HIGHSEASON | Popular holiday period - the main one, though short |
| SENIORWRANGLER | The one with top marks is the main one in the argument (6,8) |
| SEASIDE | In the main, one team went to the coast (7) |
| CHEF | The main one left by the head cook (4) |
| CATACOMB | Subterranean burial place, the main one in Palma, Mallorca dates from the early 20th century and with 6 galleries filled from floor to roof has been likened to an underground city (8) |
| OUTSTATION | On a grazing property, one establishment at a distance from the main one (3-7) |
| ACT | Headliner is the "main" one |
| SIDEDISH | Food item subordinate to the main one (4,4) |
| THIAMINE | Vitamin, the main one possibly |
| MAELSTROM | In the main, one may suck molar stem that's been fractured |
| BACKUPPLANT | Secondary factory in case the main one is shut down? |
| AFTERS | Course following the main one at a meal (6) |
| NONET | In the main, one tuneful group (5) |
| METAL | Nickel isn't the main one in a nickel |
| SINGLETBACKUP | Extra wrestling garment in case the main one gets lost? |
| BMOVIE | Low-budge film as support for the main one (1-5) |
| CLAUSE | In a sentence, it may be the main one or a subordinate |
| SUBPLOT | Something going on under the main one in a novel (7) |
| VEIN | Jamiroquai and Beverley Knight's was the main one (4) |
| TRIASSIC | The first dinosaurs evolved during this period, the first period following the Permian extinction. |
