| PARAHANDY | Russia's banks hand in wages for skipper of the Vital Spark (4,5) |
| HANDY | Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) |
| PARA | Skipper of the Vital Spark in stories by Neil Munro (4,5) |
| DOUGIE | Party on Peterhead river for mate of the Vital Spark (6) |
| SHORTTIME | It's bound to mean a drop in wages for a brief period (5,4) |
| DOUGIETHE | Worker on the Vital Spark: "At home I get due treatment!" (6,3,4) |
| THEMAGGIE | Those folk on silver and gold, that is Ealing puffer based on the Vital Spark (3,6) |
| MAHARAJAS | Princes' mother has protected Russia's banks with German agreement (9) |
| WEAKLINGS | Wrongly link wages for those short of strength (9) |
| SWEATSHOP | Place where many immigrants work at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions |
| JOBSWORTH | Proper wages for unhelpful official (9) |
| GREENMAN | Carved image of a foliated face as a potent symbol of the vital force of nature, the cycle of life, death and rebirth and the connection between humanity and the natural world (5,3) |
| MICKMCCANN | Who was the skipper of the Irish Rover? (4,6) |
| ALANHALE | He played the skipper of the S.S. Minnow |
| PANOPLY | No place in wages for the complete collection (7) |
| PAGEBOY | For example upset old boy getting involved in wages for servant (7) |
| SUNNYJIM | Brilliant work-out area announced for deckhand on the Vital Spark (5,3) |
| COXSWAIN | The person in charge of steering a rowing shell and coordinating the rhythm of the crew; or, helmsman/ woman or skipper of a lifeboat (8) |
| BYPLAY | Reportedly accept 50 in wages for secondary activity (2-4) |
| PLAY | Pounds in wages for a dramatic presentation (4) |
