| STONEAGE | Stage One went wrong a long time ago (5,3) |
| ELEGANCE | Key Stage One accommodates new class |
| AGITATES | Stirs up interest at Stage One (8) |
| XMASTREE | Sign that's something wrong a merest diversion - one might get a gold star at the end of the year (4,4) |
| TORTILLA | To right wrong a cake is presented (8) |
| ONTHERUN | No hunter, wrong; a fugitive |
| PROSPECT | In the Men's Stage 1 race of the Santos Tour Down Under, to be held on Tuesday January 21 2025, in which suburb does the race that finishes in Gumeracha begin? (8) |
| RETURNED | Gave it a whirl again when one went back (8) |
| REASONED | Deduced, when one went into the shade (8) |
| POEM | "A ___ begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness": Robert Frost |
| DIVE | Might land on your head from a stage one |
| LEGION | On stage, one working with a great number (6) |
| ACTOR | At some stage, one could be performing in a factory (5) |
| INTURN | A popular routine, at some stage, one after another (2,4) |
| GODOT | On stage one waited for exit before Act Two started (5) |
| ELEGIAC | English on stage one finds account melancholic (7) |
| DAIS | Stage one in unhappy retirement (4) |
| MAKEFIRSTBASE | Fiesta embarks, off to complete stage one (4,5,4) |
| TEENAGE | Adolescent rock star Bruce jumps off stage - one way to go! (7) |
| FORWARDSHORTLEG | Bold sparky's problem (Stage One) in the field (7,5-3) |
