| DIVIDEDHIGHWAY | Route with lanes of opposing traffic separated by a barrier, and a description of this puzzle's fourth parted word |
| AGATE | A movable barrier and a hard stone with patches of colour (5) |
| WALLEDOFF | Separated by a barrier |
| THAMES | River with a Barrier and an Estuary (6) |
| ZIPPERMERGE | *Drivers' process when two lanes of traffic become one |
| MERGE | Come together as two lanes of traffic |
| COHABITATION | Government by a head of state and a ruling party of opposing views (12) |
| HEMISTICH | One of two divisions of a line of verse, typically separated by a caesura (9) |
| LAGOONS | Shallow ponds or lakes close to a larger river but separated from it by a barrier. (7) |
| LAGOON | Shallow body of water separated from the open sea by a barrier (6) |
| HARDEDGED | Gritty ... and a description of this puzzle, which is also a hint to completing eight answers |
| DETACHEDHOUSES | Homes that don't share walls with other homes, and a description of this puzzle's third parted word |
| ENCLOSURE | Inclusion with a letter for area surrounded by a barrier? (9) |
| STAGECOACH | A large type of historical diligence, four-in-hand or tally-ho that ran on a regular route with passengers/mail from leg to leg, town to city etc (10) |
| ICEBREAKER | Get-to-know-you game, and a description of this puzzle's theme |
| CRACKEDWISE | Made sarcastic remarks, and a description of this puzzle's first parted word |
| SLICEDBREAD | Food that the "best thing" is compared to, and a description of this puzzle's second parted word |
| BROKENHEART | Metaphor for great sadness, and a description of this puzzle's fifth parted word |
| TORNCURTAIN | 1966 Hitchcock film set in East Germany, and a description of this puzzle's sixth parted word |
| INSTRUMENTAL | Playing a part in, or a description of this puzzle's audio clips |
