| HINDRANCE | The crane swinging at the back is no help at all |
| USELESS | Of no help at all (7) |
| REARMED | Doctor at the back is provided with the equipment he needs once more (7) |
| COLONEL | Perfume's no good: smell at the back is rank (7) |
| NASCENT | A nice smell after garden at the back is starting to mature |
| GRAFT | Old king at the back is hard work (5) |
| RAFT | Right at the back is a floating platform (4) |
| MIDDLEEASTERN | Mean European at the back is from Jordan, say (6,7) |
| SOIGNE | As one Grand National horse at the back is well-groomed (6) |
| VOTERS | Those making a choice witness five others getting no help at first (6) |
| HANDICAP | And the new chap I brought round is no help (8) |
| FOETAL | _ _ _ _ _ _ position, type of posture when the back is curved forwards and the knees and elbows are drawn into the chest (6) |
| PLIE | Ballet movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight |
| PHENOL | Disinfectant is no help in fever (6) |
| LASTBUTNOTLEAST | Being in the back is just as important for the significant losers (4,3,3,5) |
| TUCANA | One of the constellations forming the "Southern Birds" with Grus the Crane, Pavo the Peacock and Phoenix (6) |
| SGOOSE | A black, dusky, hazel, red, ruffled, sage, spruce or willow game bird that is small and plump, yet its name derives from the Latin word for the tall slender long-legged bird, the crane (6) |
| LEAPFROGGER | The back is bent to allow this jumper to pass over |
| DROOPY | Somewhat shabby, poor design seen from the back is sagging |
| NILES | The younger of the Crane brothers in the TV sitcom Frasier (5) |
