| SOUBRETTES | Saucy wenches cry around you and me, needing a lift |
| RAVENOUS | Bird, duck to you and me, needing to be fed |
| PASTIME | It's over and I see me needing a leisure activity (7) |
| AUSTRALIA | A lariat thrown around you and me in country (9) |
| VISUAL | Is seen with 10 across around you and me over here |
| SUPPLY | Cunning around you and father in store (6) |
| SWEETENS | Makes it less bitter, as tenses up around you and I (8) |
| HOWEVER | Remain suspended around you and I, after all (7) |
| HOPIN | Driver's invitation to a chap with a sprained ankle needing a lift |
| CANARY | Songbird varied a cry around Northern Australia (6) |
| BARRACK | Jeer and cry around Royal Artillery beginning to congregate (7) |
| COMPATRIOTS | Is Mr Potato Head to cry around fellow citizens? (11) |
| CRECY | Battle cry around the City (5) |
| WELCH | Wenches lied about former Corrie actor and presenter (6,5) |
| DENISE | Wenches lied about former Corrie actor and presenter (6,5) |
| TAKEACAB | Needing a lift back at around one, inebriate finally gets to do this (4,1,3) |
| SKIJACKET | Outfit for someone needing a lift? |
| HITCHER | Pop success overcomes singer, one needing a lift (7) |
| HITCHERS | It's hard on richest builders - the ones needing a lift (8) |
| BESTRIDE | Sit on top of elephant, say, needing a lift (8) |