| GARDENOFEDEN | Single creep left iron cave, in the first place (6,2,4) |
| THATCH | Queen left Iron Lady with messy hair (6) |
| INLAY | Rod left Iron Lady with a dental filling (5) |
| BREEZEBLOCKS | Bars windy type, in the first place, from The House (6,6) |
| THINGUMMYBOB | Gizmo you never knew the name of in the first place |
| AMOEBAFAIRER | Proper friend in the first place |
| OPENSESAME | Magic command which opened the thieves' cave in the story of Ali Baba (4,6) |
| SAGE | A green cave in the east |
| IMPLODE | Cave in the central part of Simla with dope is afire (7) |
| AILLWEE | Famous cave in the Burren. (7) |
| CROMAGNON | Early type of modern man named after a cave in the Dordogne (3-6) |
| SIDLE | ...creep left in a border region (5) |
| DEADSEASCROLLS | Collection of manuscripts discovered in caves in the West Bank between 1946 and 1956 (4,3,7) |
| PLANT | In the first place, left a good book in the foundry (5) |
| ISTHMI | In the first place, high road provides solid links to the mainland (6) |
| ORIGINALLY | Single drink taken by mouth - externally in the first place (10) |
| FORSTARTERS | In the first place, the novices' event is |
| OUTIE | Homeless person in Durban, 22, joined up in the first place! |
| ORIGINALSIN | Single drink brought into exams? I note that's wrong in the first place |
| LEASHED | In the first place, she is attached to the owner (7) |
