| AUK | Shorebird that becomes a big boat if you change the middle letter to an R |
| MOTOR | Electric device that becomes one of its components when its first letter is changed to an "R" |
| THEBOXERWAR | Bout that becomes a big battle? |
| STARMER | Problem with speech? Change the middle for political leader (7) |
| STRAPPINGFELLOW | As punishment for schoolboy man becomes a big muscular chap (9,6) |
| TIFF | Row in boat if fit, also going the other way at the end (4) |
| RUNAGROUNDSUE | Apt name for a boat if I were at the helm? |
| GIANT | Soldier, with a book, becomes a huge figure |
| ABITOFALLRIGHT | Attractive bird wrecked boat if OK! (1,3,2,3,5) |
| OMAN | Nation that becomes a sign of things to come if you change the third letter to an E |
| WRISTS | Body parts that become other body parts if you change the second letter to an A |
| BRADS | Fasteners ... or, if you change the fourth letter to an S, what the fasteners might be made of |
| ALBEN | Truman veep Barkley whose name sounds like a musical record if you change the last letter to an "m" |
| IRAN | Country whose name becomes another country if you change the last letter to a Q |
| SNORT | Pig's sound, or a pig's body part if you change the fourth letter to a U |
| RHONE | Swiss river that becomes another Swiss river if you change the O to an I |
| BADE | Old-timey word for "ordered," which becomes a bound bunch of hay if you change the D to an L |
| NIGEL | Man's name that's an African country if you change the last letter |
| SANSA | Winterfell character on "Game of Thrones" ... or, if you change the fourth letter to T, a wintertime character |
| JAM | Food that becomes its own container if you change the last letter |
