| PONDERS | Thinks there's little hesitation filling in the pools (7) |
| HIGHWAY | Walford cop who thinks there's more to Keanu's murder than meets the eye (6,7) |
| MEDIATE | Think there's no time to step in (7) |
| BREAKINGPOINT | Moment of crisis for the fellow pencilling in the pools results? (8,5) |
| LIDOS | Fifty one parties in the pools (5) |
| SWIMMERS | They fill in the pools (8) |
| PULLS | In the pools, it may be said, 'draws' turn up first! |
| PERMS | In the pools, they can be hairy |
| MARKINGFOIL | It's used for filling in the hole in the hose (7,4) |
| SINKORSWIM | If you don't succeed, you'll fail - as you may in the pools? (4,2,4) |
| BUTTONINGUP | Saying no more. Just filling in the little holes (9,2) |
| ERGO | 6 Therefore, there's little hesitation 7 to go (4) |
| POWER | Pow! There's little hesitation in showing his strength! (5) |
| LIGHT | Caller's first guess at filling in the blank of the limerick "leafy greens fill most people with fright / we're reluctant to take a big bite / but some veggies are pale and they're also quite hale / i |
| SUGGESTIVE | This might sound forward, but how about filling in the crossword? (10) |
| GROUT | Golf disaster, filling in the holes? (5) |
| NSA | Org. filling in the blanks of "cla_de_tine oper_tions" |
| CEL | Still filling in the blanks of "_ind_re_la" |
| OHM | Electrical unit filling in the blanks of "electr_c_e_ical" |
| BIRO | Hungarian eponym for what might be filling in the answers! (4) |
