| WENTDOWNWELL | Sank shaft for extracting oil and hit the right spot (4,4,4) |
| MINE | Deep shaft for extracting ore |
| CUEUP | Get to the right spot, as a cassette |
| HERE | "Is this the right spot?" |
| PERFECTPITCH | Great baseball delivery will hit the right note(7,5) |
| HEARTHRUG | Warm feelings leading to embrace around right spot in front of the fire? |
| RACKING | Support for equipment extracting oil without force |
| IDIOMS | "Hit the ceiling" and "hit the sack" |
| NCAA | Org. for people who hit balls AND hit the books |
| CONNECTICUT | State to hit the right target with one austerity measure? |
| TUNE | Improve performance so engines hit the right note (4) |
| TONEDEAF | One fated, somehow, to be unable to hit the right note (4-4) |
| KEYBOARD | Given this, one must hit the right note - it's essential to get on |
| KEY | One securing a gun cabinet - will it hit the right note? (3) |
| CRANK | The kind of shaft for a faddist (5) |
| GIRASOLE | Revolutionary means of extracting oil with a single stone (8) |
| LIBERIAN | Devious billionaire, extracting oil from an African country |
| FLYOFFTHEHANDLE | Suddenly leave the control and hit the roof (3,3,3,6) |
| PILED | Amassed the mathematical ratio and hit the front |
| WASHUP | Work in the kitchen and hit the beach (4,2) |
