| BENDTHE | Start bowling. Strong, then seek improved advice on technique. (4,3,5) |
| KNEES | Start bowling. Strong, then seek improved advice on technique. (4,3,5) |
| ROLLOVERS | Start bowling financial arrangements (9) |
| UNINTELLIGENT | Thick lentil soup I put in strong, then lid taken off |
| FLAME | Fire is strong, then weak (5) |
| BROGUE | Shoe: something soft and strong, so to speak? (6) |
| MARKETEERS | Salesmen butter up then seek short term manoeuvres |
| ELBA | Feel badly done to? Then seek a place of exile (4) |
| EDEN | Need a change? Then seek paradise! (4) |
| TILT | Until then, seek an encounter or incline to do otherwise (4) |
| FREESTYLE | Race with few restrictions on technique |
| NODE | Where conductors meet to agree on technique, ultimately |
| MASSAGE | Hands-on technique in service over period |
| BARB | Champion figure skater Underhill, who's coached several NHLers on technique |
| REDEPLOYMENT | Former advice on plan given to workers before conclusion of cabinet reshuffle |
| NUTRITIONIST | Person who gives advice on diet (12) |
| ATHEART | Articles on technique, basically |
| LEGALCOUNSEL | Advice on paper size? |
| TAKESHELTER | Hear kettles boiling, so seek protection (4,7) |
| EKES | It increases and supplements so seek and ye shall find (4) |