| BYTURNS | Ruby worried about tackling first Poles, one after the other (2,5) |
| WAITRESS | Welsh lock tackling first-class attendant (8) |
| SPARSE | Poles, one finally found, are thin on the ground (6) |
| NAPS | Between two poles, one softly rests (4) |
| LIMITER | Largely upset about tackling spark in restricted circuit (7) |
| NEATEST | Most wonderful article about tackling English exam (7) |
| SCULLED | Rowed with a pole, one gathered (7) |
| INSTALL | Fit pole, one inch high, thereabouts (7) |
| PURSUER | Kitty rings university and regiment one after the other (7) |
| DEFLATE | One after the other, keys let down |
| INTERNS | Work for set periods, one after the other, say, as trainees (7) |
| BABYSIT | Youngest in family's the one after the others to give parents a break |
| INLAW | Wail about tackling new relative after marriage (2-3) |
| POPE | John Paul II was the first Pole to attain this position |
| DISRUPTS | Dangling top is right up on the first pole and causes confusion (8) |
| MERONK | The first Pole to have won on DP World Tour (6) |
| NONSEQUITUR | Dash about, tackling silly question that's illogical (3,8) |
| APOSTATE | Had to go after a Pole, one walking away from party? (8) |
| REGAINED | Once more got angered about tackling Boz (8) |
| LINEAR | Learn about tackling essentially complicated type of equation (6) |