| CREASED | Stopped necking red primarily as wrinkled (7) |
| ORNIS | Large boxes coloured in red primarily for birds |
| OCHRE | Pigment might echo red primarily (5) |
| MESSIAH | Argentine trained to shoot Admiral Horatio primarily, as Lord (7) |
| CHAPLET | In-house pansies, primarily as flower arrangement (7) |
| AIRLIFT | Primarily, as in real life, it's fantasy that provides a means of escape (7) |
| SUBJECT | Two forms of transport including cars, primarily, as a theme |
| THOREAU | The pens or anything used primarily as a writer |
| UPDATES | The latest: necking at the mall, e.g., in sporty trucks (7) |
| GIRAFFE | "Camelopard", the world's tallest land animal, whose male uses its ossicones in "necking" battles to establish dominance in the savanna (7) |
| NINETEN | Endlessly necking, Janet wags tail (4,3,4) |
| SUSPEND | Necking second, drink to 13, 13 for a time? |
| GYMNAST | My stag involved necking last of poteen tumbler |
| TWINTUB | Succeed in race, then use bath primarily as a washing machine (4-3) |
| KISSING | Necking |
| PECKING | Necking |
| RUFFING | Necking |
| PETTING | Necking |
| BREAKEVEN | Cover costs as Brendan is over Anne, primarily, as well as Kay and Eve (5,4) |
| IANFLEMING | Man in life, flawed genius primarily, as writer (3,7) |
