| PLACES | Positions of about fifty steps (6) |
| LALANDE | Surname of the French astronomer who, in his Histoire Celeste, catalogued the positions of about 50,000 stars (7) |
| PLIGHT | Struggle over 50 steps (6) |
| FLORIN | Old coin in place of about 50 at home (6) |
| CREASE | Any of a number of lines on a cricket pitch (bowling, popping, or return) marked to define the positions of the bowler and batsman (6) |
| SCHEME | A diagram of the positions of celestial objects; a chart, outline or table; a systematic plan of action; or, a secret or underhand plot (6) |
| ANTLIA | Symbolising an air pump, one of the constellations named after scientific instruments by astronomer Lacaille who also determined the positions of some 10,000 stars (6) |
| STEADS | Positions (of others) (6) |
| CASTLE | Change positions of men on the board (6) |
| SYZYGY | Either of the two positions of a celestial body when sun, earth and the body lie in a straight line |
| ISOHEL | Line on map representing positions of equivalent sunshine (Meteorology) |
| STASES | Positions of equilibrium |
| PALTRY | Party of about fifty is perhaps not worth considering (6) |
| FLAN | Quiche for a devotee of about fifty (4) |
| CYCLING | Cynic of about fifty perhaps starts going by bike (7) |
| STOPPAGE | To prevent development of about fifty is curious (8) |
| STRANGLE | To prevent development of about fifty is curious (8) |
| ELFIN | Fine turn-out of about fifty, looking fairylike (5) |
| SLAPS | Smacks of about fifty fools (5) |
| ORLOP | Poor turnout of about fifty in the lowest deck (5) |
