| JUMBOISE | Puzzle, say, is where in the middle to make ship bigger |
| INTHEMAIL | Stateside, so they say, is where the check puts paid to the payee! (2,3,4) |
| TROLL | He winds up meeting in the middle to make progress (5) |
| EXPLICIT | See a way out, editing clip in the middle to make it absolutely clear |
| BAHRAIN | Where in the Middle East showers are not taken seriously ? (7) |
| THEE | Where in the centre of Bournemouth do you live? (4) |
| RADIO | Make ship-to-shore contact (5) |
| CAREEN | Make ship tilt |
| PLACATE | Put at the centre to make a conciliatory move (7) |
| PREFAB | Pressure on the man in the middle to give a first booking to new arrival, already the finished article (6) |
| MATERIAL | The stuff to make ship's officer bad liar (8) |
| BANJO | ___ rear axle, made in one piece with a hoop-shaped portion in the middle to house the drive assembly (5) |
| PONCHO | A cloak of a kind originally worn in South America with a hole in the middle to put the head through |
| THUG | Something in the middle to cling to, tough |
| PROWL | Quietly left the line in the middle to search for prey (5) |
| LEGO | Make hole In the middle to release blocks (4) |
| ASTERN | Flashy auteur warned those in the middle to keep toward the rear |
| UNPIN | Bite back after getting punk in the middle to remove item found in nappy-bag? |
| GALLEYPROOF | Trial copy to make ship's kitchen repellent (6,5) |
| TEAKWOOD | Every other tieback would, according to hearsay, be used to make ships (4,4) |