| GEARLEVERS | Sticks for changing the speed of a car (4,6) |
| REV | Increase the speed of a car's engine (3) |
| TRANSFORMER | A device for changing the voltage of alternating current (11) |
| MOMA | N.Y.C. institution awarded an honorary Oscar for changing the public's perception of movies (1979) |
| TOPIC | Cop it for changing the subject! (5) |
| CHANGEGEAR | Alter the speed of a driving mechanism (6,4) |
| BALANCE | A pair of scales held by a statue of justice or used as a symbol of Libra; a device for regulating the speed of a clock or watch; or, equilibrium (7) |
| BIRDTABLES | Feed stations in the guise of trays or miniature huts on sticks for attracting "feather" into gardens (4,6) |
| MACH | Ratio of the speed of a body to the speed of sound(4) |
| LUMBERROOM | Sounds like space out in The Sticks for putting away old appointments? (6,4) |
| KICKSTANDS | Stop using sticks for cycle accessories |
| MEGAFLOP | A unit for measuring the speed of a computer system; or an informal term for a great failure (8) |
| SNAILSPACE | Ground speed of a slowmoving shell (6,4) |
| ACCESSTIME | Retrieval speed of a computer |
| ERNSTMACH | Austrian physicist and philosopher (1838-1916) whose eponymous number represents the speed of a moving object relative to the speed of sound (5,4) |
| ESCAPADE | For the adventurous - the speed of a current (8) |
| BRAKE | Use of a gun can reduce the speed of a sporting vehicle (8,5) |
| SHOOTING | Use of a gun can reduce the speed of a sporting vehicle (8,5) |
| OVERRATE | Exaggerate the speed of a game of cricket? (8) |
| TITRATE | In the laboratory measure the speed of a small bird? |
