| COARSEST | Shore around river - shore's edges are most rough (8) |
| SEASHELL | Shore's edges, while a dreadful place, make a home for a crab, perhaps (8) |
| STAYS | Ship hugging river shores (5) |
| WEDGES | Word for thick-ended chocks of cake, cheese or wood whose thin edges are synonymous with tips of icebergs or slippery slopes (6) |
| BANK | River shore |
| BUMPIEST | Bankrupt corralling politician -- that is most rough (8) |
| HOARSEST | Most rough sounding animal goes around a street |
| RASPIEST | Most rough, in a manner of speaking? |
| TWILIGHT | Time around dawn or dusk when crepuscular animals, birds and insects, including barn owls, foxes, hawk moths, nightjars, pipistrelles and tawnies, are most active (8) |
| MAESTROS | Wizards are most active on Sunday (8) |
| LEGGIEST | Encourage tiles to be moved round that are most stalky (8) |
| TERMITES | Mister alien - the little ones you produce are most destructive (8) |
| HAPPIEST | Rewritten epitaphs are most favourable (8) |
| YUCKIEST | Keys I cut badly are most disgusting (8) |
| SPARSEST | Stout poles properly set are most thin on the ground (8) |
| NASTIEST | Badly designed tin seats are most unpleasant (8) |
| ATOMISER | Are most worried when I come in with a spray (8) |
| YUMMIEST | Close to capacity, bellies first visible at the back are most mouth-watering (8) |
| EYELEVEL | English woman in Scottish isle, where things are most easily seen |
| MARMOSET | Monkey nuts are most moreish initially |
