| FLACCID | Slack police department going after learner driver in fact dropping back (7) |
| SLEEVE | On the day before, after learner driver in southeast gets album cover (6) |
| NEEDS | Head of department, going in, noticed mounting requirements (5) |
| EDUCATOR | Teacher's timetable with reminder about head of department going round |
| LUMBAGO | Suggestion of doubt after learner driver gets to talk about old pain in back (7) |
| SCALPEL | Knife learner driver in various places (7) |
| ANGUISH | Agony after learner's left flag (7) |
| ERITREA | Exhaust having backfired, evident dropping back in African country (7) |
| ROMANOV | Dropping back, wander round country house in Russia (7) |
| BOKDROL | (A)Dropping back, peer gets fish (7) |
| STAMINA | Dropping back, short of energy, revitalises, showing fortitude |
| TENDRIL | Runner from a number training, dropping back |
| RULINGOUT | Dismissing complaint after learner driver is involved in smash |
| ALLTHERE | Learner driver in leather lamped right in the head |
| CULDESAC | Accused rogue hemming in learner driver in street (3-2-3) |
| LOG | Go back after learner's record of events |
| SNARL | Confused situation, catch, after learner's brought in for English |
| MORSEL | Inspector takes on learner driver in scrap (6) |
| GOLF | Sport where learner driver in bewilderment's reversed (4) |
| TAILLIGHT | Learner driver in trouble stopping fast car shows it braking |
