| INNEUTRAL | Running, but going nowhere |
| MARKINGTIME | Correcting homework on the hour, moving but going nowhere (7,4) |
| IDLE | Keep the car running, but don't drive |
| STAYED | Kept on running but didn't go (6) |
| ENDLESS | Lacking aim, but going on for ever (7) |
| RETIRING | Shy but going to seek the rest (8) |
| BUTCH | Aggressively macho, but going to church |
| PULLINGUP | Delivering a rebuke, but going no further |
| STRAYING | Remaining around river, but going off course (8) |
| SHORTRANGE | Grant horse is running, but over a limited distance (5-5) |
| ALSORAN | Was in the running but didn't get a place (4-3) |
| RUSTIER | Sure it starts running but is showing more signs of disuse (7) |
| TYPHOON | Fever running but no infectious disease primarily? - It may frequently happen in India (7) |
| YOYO | I'm sort of top, but going up and down (2-2) |
| ATTRIBUTED | Thought to be by Alfred Tennyson initially, but going in to be tested (10) |
| BOLDLY | Lad outside German supermarket losing newspaper, but going like the Starship Enterprise? (6) |
| TALENTSPOTTING | Looking for a star but going dotty over old money? (6,8) |
| TUBE | London's underground but going north to end of the line (4) |
| DRASTIC | The doctor act is funny, but going too far (7) |
| FLATOUT | Thoroughly exhausted, but going at top speed (4,3) |
