| GRANDMA | Relative rising in the morning beneath piano (7) |
| PLAID | Cloth put beneath piano (5) |
| MADEHAY | Took advantage of the sun rising in the morning - what's lying in time? (4,3) |
| MAESTRO | Ace rising in the morning tidied store (7) |
| MASTIFF | Dog rising in the morning moving with difficulty (7) |
| EAGERLY | For example, rising in the morning with enthusiasm (7) |
| MAEVE | Girl rising in the morning the day before |
| GARONNE | A river in Southwest France, rising in the central Pyrenees, flowing through the city of Bordeaux and into the Atlantic (7) |
| PUMA | Big cat rising in the morning, moving from earth (4) |
| MALINGERERS | Those reluctant to get going after rising in the morning? |
| MACAW | Bird rising in the morning with squawk |
| DURANCE | A river in south-eastern France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhone (7) |
| ARDECHE | River in south-central France, rising in the Massif Central and flowing 78 miles into the Rhone (7) |
| POTOMAC | A river in the east central US, rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia (7) |
| LAPLAND | Mountain rising in the country in northern region (7) |
| MEGIDDO | For example, in Michigan, odd rising in the old town (7) |
| MAINMAST | Feature of sailing vessel mother isn't about to accept rising in the morning (8) |
| JOAQUIN | see 14dn, River rising in the Sierra Nevada that forms a large delta with the Sacramento River near Suisun Bay (3,7) |
| VISTULA | Polish river rising in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing past Warsaw and Torun to the Baltic (7) |
| CLARIFY | Reveal a tree rising in the soil (7) |
