| PARAMETER | Standard gauge contains a restriction (9) |
| BLAENAVON | Pontypool and -------Railway, standard gauge preserved line [highest in UK] (9) |
| SALOONBAR | Pub with a restriction on some cars? (6,3) |
| CHAINGANG | Feature carrying a restriction binding unspecified number (of labourers) (5,4) |
| TIMELIMIT | When I melt it, I'm all out to comply with such a restriction (4,5) |
| ABABA | Capital city with a light rail system and a standard gauge link to Djibouti (5, 5) |
| YARRAJUNCTION | In which town did the 36-inch gauge of the Powelltown timber tramway meet the standard gauge of the Victorian Railway? (5,8) |
| RUSSELL | PM whose government passed [1846] Act establishing standard gauge (7) |
| FOREST | Dean ------ Railway, standard gauge heritage line in Glos. (6) |
| ALN | --- Valley Railway, standard gauge heritage line on NE coast (3) |
| LYDNEY | Junction terminus of the standard gauge preserved Dean Forest Railway (6) |
| BOWES | The ----- Railway, N.E. standard gauge heritage line unique for its cable use (5) |
| STEPHENSON | "Father of Railways" who built the Rocket locomotive with his son and was inspired by horse-drawn carts in his use of standard gauge (10) |
| CHOLSEY | Preserved standard gauge railway between here and Wallingford in Oxfordshire (7) |
| AVO | A restriction, initially from a civic centre inside job |
| LIMITATION | A number copy a restriction (10) |
| EMBARGO | Therefore acquiring a business degree is a restriction (7) |
| UNFREEZE | Remove a restriction on a French band on the radio (8) |
| CORSET | From the Latin for "little body", a bodice or waspie; stays; or, by extension, a restriction or limitation, such as that imposed by the Bank of England to control bank lending (6) |
| CURTAIL | Nasty dog - dog to put a restriction on |
