| LPLATE | Sign on the front and rear of a motor car driven by a learner (1-5) |
| BUMPER | Glass filled to the brim for a toast; or, a shock-absorbing bar at the front or rear of a motor vehicle (6) |
| BONNET | The cover of a motor car engine (6) |
| OPEN | Sign on the front door of a business |
| SQUAB | A carriage cushion; a padded ottoman/sofa; a well-stuffed bolster; a back part of a motor car seat; a fledgeling dove, pigeon, rook or other young bird; or, the flesh of the aforesaid columbiformes as |
| NUMBERPLATES | Registration signs on the front and back of a car (12) |
| GLOVE | Either one of a pair of mitts traditionally placed in the box-like compartment of a motor car's dash (5) |
| LPLATES | Signs attached to a motor vehicle to indicate it is being driven by a learner |
| RASCAL | The car's driven by a learner: a bad lot (6) |
| BRAISE | Cook books at the front and rear (6) |
| DODGEM | What is the small carnival car driven by electrical currents and whose drivers try to bump others on the circuit? (6) |
| LOCKUP | A jail or roundhouse; an off-site garage, shelter for a motor car, small shop, storage unit etc, secured with a bolt; or, a long-term investment (4-2) |
| THRUST | ___ SSC, car driven by Andy Green that broke the sound barrier on land in 1997 (6) |
| TAMARA | __ Kingsley, Summer Bay woman who was hit by a car driven by Oscar MacGuire (6) |
| AUSTIN | Old car manufacturer's Sierra built with varying metal front and rear |
| ALFA | Make of motor car driven by Giuseppe Farina in winning the 1950 F1 World Drivers' Championship (4,5) |
| ROMEO | Make of motor car driven by Giuseppe Farina in winning the 1950 Formula One World Drivers' Championship (4,5) |
| AIRBAG | Safety device in a motor car (3,3) |
| HYPHEN | Dash in a motor-car, for example (6) |
| NUMBER | Registration identifiers, mounted front and rear (6,6) |