| HOTDOGGER | Surfer very close to finding sandbank |
| HOTONTHETRAIL | Very close to finding something trendy to switch for scout to find on track (3,2,3,5) |
| HOTDOG | Very close to finding pet a snack |
| WARMONGER | Hawk is close to finding headless fish (9) |
| DYKESWARM | Vacant dolly bird in film close to finding what's hidden geological feature |
| SHELLFISH | Crab, say, left in sandbank is close to berth (9) |
| ZEROINON | Be close to finding love, one refusal the end for man |
| HOTTIE | Bond girl, typically, close to finding Bond |
| WARMACHINE | Close to finding a joint fighting force |
| SWARM | Leader of seminary close to finding flock (5) |
| DROOG | GP, possibly with pair of spectacles, close to finding Anthony's hood |
| WARM | It's hot you say? When someone's close to finding hiding-and-go-seek champion! (4) |
| THREEFOLD | Instructed to include ultimately rough sandbank in triplicate? |
| SKINDIVER | One gathers pearls from margins of sandbank in river delta, instead of its head (4-5) |
| SHELVIEST | Stricken vessel hit, with sandbanks most in evidence |
| TALENT | I have this gift thanks to finding time to fast (6) |
| DORY | Finding ___ (2016 sequel to Finding Nemo) |
| MONOGRAM | Clothing embroidery, maybe, and a hint to finding the "insiders" in the answers to starred clues |
| PASTIME | I'm a pest when it comes to finding something to do (7) |
| SETI | Gp. devoted to finding life on other planets |
