| NEIGHBOURHOOD | The local crook, we hear, is in the vicinity (13) |
| BAND | Forbidden chief, we hear, is in charge of the group (4,6) |
| LEADER | Forbidden chief, we hear, is in charge of the group (4,6) |
| DUGOUT | Mr. Fairbanks is dismissed I hear. Is in the batters' shelter (6) |
| AISLE | Passage, I hear, is in the midst of alcohol (5) |
| STRAITEN | Reform a crook, we hear, and reduce to poverty |
| ONENENENEARBY | Lone Hawaiian flier in the vicinity? |
| SOMEWHERENEAR | Other women rehearse in the vicinity (9,4) |
| SOH | Thus I hear is in scale (3) |
| AROUND | A game of golf, we hear, played in the vicinity (6) |
| ICI | The French here in the vicinity (3) |
| APSE | A bit of a rap session in the vicinity of the altar (4) |
| CUBBYHOLE | Offspring in the vicinity of house initially left embracing in snug place |
| ABOUT | Word, from "on the outside", meaning approximately, concerning a topic, halfway round, here and there, in the vicinity or nearly (5) |
| NEARBY | Recover Barney in the vicinity (6) |
| THRILLED | Delighted by small stream in the vicinity of diamonds (8) |
| CLOSETO | Cupboard love in the vicinity of ... (5,2,4) |
| NEAR | Tidier without Lawrence in the vicinity (4) |
| PASSBY | Move along in the vicinity (4,2) |
| NEARTO | In the vicinity of (4,2) |
