| OPENCASTMINING | Throw most of explosive into hole to start this excavation? (8,6) |
| SLINGSHOT | Throw most of those other parts from catapult (9) |
| RELATIVECLAUSE | Who might start this part of sentence? (8,6) |
| HARDBOILEDEGGS | Desperate badger digs hole to find something to eat (4-6,4) |
| INSTIGATE | To start this month I punish students (9) |
| CATFIGHT | Female coming in drunk, about to start this quarrel |
| ATTAP | A thatcher takes a palm to start - this? |
| RESOLVE | Determination needed to start this all over again? (7) |
| PLAUDIT | Round of applause to celebrate getting into hole (7) |
| LASTBASTION | Taliban toss explosive into group defending a principle (4,7) |
| DRIFTPIN | First of drives having split flag, one's driven into hole! |
| TURNIP | Run off into hole, coming back with something to eat (6) |
| PRIMITIVE | I have to go beneath edge into hole first (9) |
| POURBOIRE | Tip first of items into hole - a tip! |
| ARCHAEOLOGY | What is the study of history through excavation? (11) |
| DIGIN | "Let's start this feast everybody!": 2 wds. |
| RELAYRACE | If you start this event, you will never reach the end (5,4) |
| LORDSPRAYER | Our father will start this petition on Sunday (5,6) |
| BACKTOSQUAREONE | Crossword constructor's "Guess I'll start this puzzle over!"? |
| CENTREOFGRAVITY | Ferret gone, virtually spiralling into hole where downward force acts (6,2,7) |
